20-12-2013, 07:59 PM
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Re: TV. Ad. Audio Levels.
Originally Posted by Patsy
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The mark of a real trouper then ! 
Jem - I heard a story today about a nativity
2 boys, one playing Joseph, the other the inkeeper.
The thing is they didn't get on and an almighty row between the two ensued before curtain up. When it came to Joseph saying - 'Is there any room at the inn' ?
The inkeeper replied - 'No ! F... off' !
Gave a good laugh to the audience ....
God I would love to have been there for that.
21-12-2013, 09:13 AM
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Re: TV. Ad. Audio Levels.
When you ask why don't you mute the noise of the adverts my answer is try finding the remote control in my house. Minding my own business a lot of the times and wham out comes the noise. You don't just get adverts from commercial companies that bounce out at you, there is also the adverts forprogrammes that are coming on that channel. They are very loud too.
21-12-2013, 03:34 PM
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Re: TV. Ad. Audio Levels.
Originally Posted by Jem
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I have been complaining about this for years now, the sooner they bring a law out this side of the Atlantic the better, seems like it's been in place in the USA for some time now, we are all treated like children in school in my opinion, "Now here is an ad, we'll play it louder to make you pay attention."
And it would seem our law makers are too busy with other 'stuff' to get around to making it compulsory to keep the modulation even between programming and adverts.
Sadly, I know for a fact that the TV advertising industry is far more sinister than just turning up the volume, they use other techniques which 99% of viewers just don't know about (or would understand even if they did know)
One of these 'techniques' is to show the ad at the start of the 'break' and then make it the last one at the end of the break, so they 'get you' if you are slow to hit the mute button, or a bit quick to hit it again at the end of the ad break. (Of course they pay more for this facility since it can only be done for one ad.)There are many other techniques I could mention.
Also, in our house I usually have the remote by my chair, if I 'mute' the sound when the ads start and go out of the room and don't get back before the programme starts again Mrs. Losos goes bersurk
The most sinister aspect of advertising (TV in particular) is the ever increasing percentage of time allocated to adverts now. When ITV started all those years ago there was a limit (I think it was about 10 minutes every hour) that has now shot up to about 20 or 25 minutes every hour and the trailers for upcomming programmes are on top of that.
I do NOT watch Sky News anymore because if you add in the weather forecasts which they do every 15 minutes it ends up that you sit in front of the box for an HOUR and get just 10 to 12 minutes of REAL NEWS
Life is too short to waste that sort of time on TV viewing.
22-12-2013, 10:42 PM
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Re: TV. Ad. Audio Levels.
Originally Posted by Jem
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"If for years you have complained about the sound on commercials being pumped up louder than the program you are watching on TV, somebody has finally done something about it.
However there is a Code of Conduct (to stop the government making laws):
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