http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/ Engadget Comments for It'll probably take an act of congress to ban loud commercials http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 9th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 9th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/
I agree with you on the banners however, they are getting out of hand.]]>Oct 9th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 9th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/
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*sigh* Never mind.]]>Oct 9th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 9th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://theregoesfun.com/post/208730764/say-what]]>Oct 9th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 10th 2009 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/
I then discovered something: Audyssey's Dynamic Volume. It constantly monitors the volume but also retains the dynamic range of the audio.

I heard it demonstrated. I thought enough of it to make sure my receiver (a Denon) had it. I love it. Give it a try. Until those boneheads can figure out how to create the audio right, it fixes things.

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Is it?]]>Oct 10th 2009 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/
Some of these commercials are a little loud, but nothing like a Billy Mays ad on a HD cable channel. (R.I.P. Billy, we did love you no matter how loud you were.)

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If we can get the commercial producers to produce their commercials at -12db, that would be a lot nicer to our ears... but good luck with that ever happening.]]>Oct 10th 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/Oct 11th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/
Hello Engadget readers! I just wanted to add that SRS TruVolume is already included in most Samsung and Vizio TVs; and for those TVs and AV systems that don't include a volume leveling solution, SRS Labs is currently working on rolling out a stand alone box (about the size of a deck of cards) with HDMI pass through that applies SRS TruVolume to anything connected to it. Because of the way TruVolume processes audio data, the technology does not change the characteristics of the source audio, preserving the audio's natural sound, does not create a hissing tone and plays everything at a consistent listening volume.

Also, if you're interested in winning a new 40" Samsung LCD TV, visit www.truvolume.com and enter to win. All you do is watch our TV commercial and decide how it should end. Good luck!]]>Oct 12th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/itll-probably-take-an-act-of-congress-to-ban-loud-commercials/ However, a decibel meter measures all sounds, equally, even the ones we can't hear.
There is a process called "folding," that allows advertisers to remove all the low and high sounds we can't hear, while accenting the mid-range sounds we hear best. The decibel meter would not detect this change, but it will sound much louder to us humans.
You would need a special device that "hears" like a human, if you want to measure what we consider to be loudness. Since all humans are different, this will be no easy task.]]>Oct 12th 2009 5:30PM