Ever notice you are watching a movie on TNT and you have to Jack the sound UP almost all the way cuz the actors are muttering and whispering and you can still barely hear the dialogue then cut to commercial and YOU GET BLASTED OUT OF THE ROOM BY THE SCERAMING ADDS!???????????????

that's how you know it's working.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Listen to some real TNT

The volume thing happens on other channels, too. So fucking annoying.

Meeper--thanks for the AC/DC! Bon Scott rules. Too bad he's dead.

mess with your tv's audio options... some tv's have some sort of "Steady Sound" which helps with that... although not completely...

Jimmie Walker says TNT is DYN-O-MITE! -§

I recorded the Stevie Ray Vaughan(amazing musican btw) tribute show or whatever off of PBS. Those fuckers turned down the volume on the program, and tried to make what he was singing inaudible. I guess they think people will leech the music videos or something.
wasn't music videos, but his live performances of his biggest hits.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2007 08:12PM by mariokart.

This is why I don't watch TNT anymore. I think they get more add money for doing this to people. Just stop watching their channel. De-program it from your guide and it won't show up and you won't miss it.

Sponsors actually pay extra to have the audio levels boosted 3db for their spots. That goes on with almost every cable channel.

Numbers Wrote:
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> Sponsors actually pay extra to have the audio
> levels boosted 3db for their spots. That goes on
> with almost every cable channel.




how would you know something like that?

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> how would you know something like that?


I called Cox and they told me. Its no secret.

Congress recently passed a law forbidding cable providers from boosting the volume on commercials.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093002968.html

I'm sure a few nutcases will shout "tyranny", but I couldn't agree with this law more.

> ...law forbidding cable providers from boosting the volume on commercials....

I have a vague memory - from like 40 years ago (!) that broadcast stations were not allowed to have commercials at "higher volume" than regular programming. If that is so (and my memory could be bogus), it sounds like this law is just to bring cable programming into line with broadcast rules.

However...the vague memory I have says that broadcasters "got around" the law by not having ads have a higher volume than regular programing, but by having ads at a higher AVERAGE volume than regular broadcasting - that is, they amplified the lows without amplifying the peaks. End result - perceived higher volume for commercials.

Numbers Wrote:
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> Sponsors actually pay extra to have the audio
> levels boosted 3db for their spots. That goes on
> with almost every cable channel.


The networks jack up the shows volume slowly till about 1100 pm. This was done to keep watchers awake through prime time.

i don't have cable

Radiophile Wrote:
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> Numbers Wrote:
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> > Sponsors actually pay extra to have the audio
> > levels boosted 3db for their spots. That goes
> on
> > with almost every cable channel.
>
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> The networks jack up the shows volume slowly till
> about 1100 pm. This was done to keep watchers
> awake through prime time.


really? i assumed it was because advertisers knew that during commercials we got up to do other things.


i no longer own a television, but before that time i couldn't/wouldn't watch something that wasn't recorded; namely so that i could buzz through the commercials. how i tolerated television before the days of dvr is beyond me.

yeefuckinghaw