Loud Commercials Banned From TV Starting TODAY + Where to file a complaint

^^^yes yes this^^^ I never ever buy anything advertized on a commercial-thats my personal boycot....I don't watch them and don't listen to them. thats turns into my time to take a piss,get a snack, prepare things for work the next day, and I damn sure ain't gonna run to my doc and say I want that drug that they advertized on TV that will cure (cover up) a health problem.

I only have TV by Anntena so basicly 7 stations. I find it interesting that even those stations turn up the volume depending on the show......so my thoughts on the CALM thing is that the shows(programs) will all also turn up their volume...so the commercials can have their volume also. I still f-in mute them.

TV sucks.

That's ridiculous. There's no extra sounds...It's just one man and his stupid car commercial yelling boot-camp style at you through the speakers.

I'm not so sure what you guys think the FCC is going to use this legislation for to somehow take away your rights, but you need to chill out.

*sigh*

And just like everyone else, GLPers are showing their libertarian hypocrisy and clinging to populist government regulations when it's something they don't like.

I think they don't do enough to protect us from ourselves, they should ban the "Jump Out" video's on youtube next...

You don't have to be a genius to understand when one commercial is substantially louder than the rest. If you could come down from your pedestal for a moment and quit being such an ass, I think you'd agree.

And the layering of sound being the issue is out of the question. Most obnoxious commercials are composed of one person simply talking into the camera. How would you like to explain why those commercials are sometimes mindbogglingly louder than the rest?

Haha, look man...

If everyone could do anything they wanted whenever they wanted, we'd end up with one hell of an annoying place to live. I'm more for personal freedoms than the average media-led liberal commie-tard...or whatever...but you're assuming that people don't take advantages of situations.

"If I can make my commercial louder than the rest, more people will pay attention." This continues until every commercial is vying for your attention with the most head-throbbing content possible. There it is. The freedom you desire so badly.

I'll gladly shut up when you tell me why this legislation is a bad thing; When you tell me why having commercial volume match the TV show's volume is a bad thing.

Thank goodness! I thought it was taken care of when they regulated the noise level a few years ago, but the stations just lowered their sound so that the ads could be louder than the regular show.

This is great news! Thanks O.P.

Slippery slope logical fallacy.

The Slippery Slope is a fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps or gradations between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps or gradations will simply be bypassed. This "argument" has the following form:

Event X has occurred (or will or might occur).
Therefore event Y will inevitably happen.

[link to www.nizkor.org]

Just because this legislation has passed doesn't mean all of your favorite YouTube videos are going to go away.

I did explain it to you. You're too slow to understand.

hope it works better than the do not call list.

Do you not know what "sarcasm" is?

Hey man, if you're the kind of person that likes government regulations then this is for you.

If you're like me and many others who have a problem with the premise that grants the FCC a right to mandate commercial volumes, then I can't really cheer this one on.

Never heard of it. *sarcasm*

lol, in all seriousness...if that was sarcasm, I misread it.

It's just a common mistake people make when the government legislates anything. I'd be the first to say that I don't agree with most of those laws, but I can't seem to wrap my head around why somebody would be against banning obscenely loud commercials like some of the folks here.

You don't know me fool.

And how exactly does my acknowledgment of our utterly corrupt society's collapse prove your point?

BTW, since you're so familiar with these loud commercials you should continue to do so. Have fun with that chucklehead.

I forgive you cause a lot of people can't tell sometimes. Anyways, I do also think its ridiculous in a sense that its like saying "We removed the rattle from the...rattlesnake, at least it isn't as loud any more!"

I'll be happy when they remove all commercials, not just the loud ones. Then again, I don't even watch TV as it is...

look at you all supporting Big Govt regulation.

if you dont like the commercials dont watch tv

damn commies

You must work for a big Advertisement firm. lol

Please learn:-

Compression is often used to make music sound louder without increasing its peak amplitude. By compressing the peak (or loudest) signals, it becomes possible to increase the overall gain (or volume) of a signal without exceeding the dynamic limits of a reproduction device or medium.
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

So does that mean no more 'Angry Black Women?'

Idn't read anywhere that this will include radio commercials as well? I Hope so...

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Thank you!

I thought of bringing this point up earlier.

Compression is what people are referring to when they bring up loudness.

There is a peak volume level.

Commercials are just squashing EVERYTHING to that level.

Radio stations have this same issue with the noise wars.

When will people learn?

Yes!!!! big govt bureaucrats actually do something useful lol. I rarely turn on the television but those excessively loud commercials are maddening.




Last Edited by Gator! on 12/13/2012 01:57 PM

I never understood the psychology of those louder-than-fuck commercials. It has the opposite effect on people where they get pissed off and not want to run out and buy their product.

I would love to see how many consumers decided to buy someone's product due to hearing it blast from their television set.

I don't miss not owning a TV set at all. In fact, that was the best thing I ever did (next to stop smoking that is)

Lmao.... Foldger kia is 5 mins from my old house

awesome!

my wife bitches over every loud commercial

glad they are baned from TV

Amazed that this is coming up again as an issue. The last time it was already well-known as a repeating problem. There are crackdowns and then the loud commercials creep back in, over and over as long as there has been television.

Guess I'm amazed because never watch those programs with commercials anymore and find it hard to believe that others would pay good money for cable and sat TV and tolerate that kind of BS from their providers. The carriers could easily put an end to it.

Last Edited by Crazy Harriet on 12/13/2012 02:42 PM

The FCC also 'regulates' telemarketers with National do not call registry. I signed up for this years ago and I continue to get these calls anyway.