On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:28 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> > say what? > > actually I have a tiny little radio that has headphones > for traveling and a single earbud thing for my cell phone that > I keep losing. > > I have a phonograph and actually have a thing that plays CD's /tapes > and has > a radio too. > > something I've been meaning to ask you electronics types - > is there a gadget you can attach to your tv to regulate the sound > so that > no matter how loud or soft the actual broadcast is you can keep it at > the same > decible level? > > I like to fall asleep with the TV on but even when I'm not > planning on > going to sleep > and I'm watching something late at night in the bedroom, a sudden > surge of > comemrcial volume could get my neighbors in a snit, not to mention > suddenly jarring me awake. > > If there is not something like that in existence, someone should > make it. > > sudden loudness is very stressful for me, and I think many of us > who are > getting on in > years and have slight hearing problems.
I don't know of such a thing, but I agree that it ought to exist. For years TV broadcasters claimed that the volume was not louder during commercials. They were shown proof in the form of dB readings. They still denied it. Only recently have they admitted to this foul practice. I heard one executive defend it recently by saying that people often leave the room during commercials, so they needed to be louder so they could be heard in other rooms. Amazing! It doesn't seem to occur to them that if they actually made the commercials interesting people might stay and watch them. And, instead of just making one commercial and running it endlessly until people want to upchuck when it comes on, make a bunch of different ones. In my opinion just about the only good commercials on US TV are GEICO. They are funny, creative, and they don't just make one and run it endlessly. But nobody else in the ad business seems to be paying attention. This issue of cranking the volume up for commercials is something the FCC could actually be useful in dealing with. Instead of making Bravo edit all the cursing out of Six Feet Under, they could better occupy their time in dealing with issues like this. Bob > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
