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asteroid
· 5 years ago
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Yeah what is that? I hate this kind of shows where you can't hear anything and then you become deaf
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catfluff
· 5 years ago
It is annoying, that's what it is ;-)
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Dude, the on demand History channel is the worst at this. You're just chillin, then an ad comes on cuz... well duh... but the ad is like 3x the volume of the show and 5x if the ad only has music instead of anyone speaking. I've gotten into more arguments over the volume level with those stupid ass ads in the past 2 years than my entire fucking childhood.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
So- fun fact. There are laws on how loud a commercial can actually be. The previous law held that a commercial couldn’t have a higher average volume than that of the show preceding it. Loophole time- if the show has a single very loud moment, the average volume for the program spikes. Another favorite of commercials? Simply include silence. A simple example: If you have 20 seconds of commercial air slot, and use the first 2.5 and last 2.5 as silence, like a blank screen- it will hardly be noticed and seem like a “transition” between slots- but 25% of your commercial is now dead silence. Add any pauses between dialog etc. now you can increase the volume of the actual noise by that amount above the average volume of the program so that it is very loud. They compress the dynamic range of the sound as well so that every piece of the commercial is at this maximum volume. This the noise level is measured the same but it is much “louder” to the human ear.
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Those laws need to be revised, lol.
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nevets2802
· 5 years ago
Here in the UK I seem to notice the ad's are sometimes a lot louder than the programs though it's been denied by the networks.
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porch_light
· 5 years ago
The first line is just black rectangles, the second line says 'Get ready to run. I'm cover you.'
