Loud Commercials Again (2 Viewers)

[matuski]

I am a DirecTV Now customer for the time being.

We have noticed over the last few months that our commercials are WAY LOUDER than the show(s) we are watching.

Anyone else notice this on other providers?

I thought there was a law several years ago limiting  banning this?  Do I have a legit reason to push for impeachment now?   

 

[matuski]

 

[rockaction]

I've got DirecTV and hadn't noticed it, bud.  

 

[tjnc09]

Do you really need a thread for something like this?  Why don't you ask a friend or relative?

 

[Chaka]

Commercials aren't allowed to output higher sound than shows are allowed to and technically they don't. It has to do with sound leveling (or something that) all movies and shows modulate sound output depending on what is happening on screen on-screen, e.g. explosive car chases are loud as heck (as high as allowed), private conversations are quiet. It creates/adds-to atmosphere.  But commercials don't give a #$$# about creating those effects so they just blast everything at explosive car chase levels.

 

[Johnny Rock]

I don’t think it ever changed even when the law passed. I wish you could meter it and get $50 off your bill every time and it would be up to Directv to police the advertisers. We have no recourse which is BS.

 

[Henry Ford]

Note the station, time, and commercial and file here:

http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

 

[Johnny Rock]

Note the station, time, and commercial and file here:

http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

It would be nice if there was actual recourse. Ajit Pai isn’t protecting the little guy as we all know. See Net Neutrality Repeal. 

 

[Mister CIA]

It occurs to me that the only time I watch commercials on my TV is during NFL games (when not injecting Red Zone channel directly into my veins), and the Fox NFL pregame show.

 

[Zegras11]

I watch a lot of NHL center ice on direct TV and the commercials are always noticeably louder.  

 

[matuski]

Do you really need a thread for something like this?  Why don't you ask a friend or relative?

Welcome to my thread!

 

[matuski]

Note the station, time, and commercial and file here:

http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

Cool.

I was wondering if a regulation got repealed or something, because it is a recent recurrence of an issue I thought was fixed and had not noticed for years.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's gotten to the point where I have to have it on mute most of the time. 

 

[Cjw_55106]

It occurs to me that the only time I watch commercials on my TV is during NFL games (when not injecting Red Zone channel directly into my veins), and the Fox NFL pregame show.

I was going to say that I haven’t noticed anything. Then your post reminded me that I too, rarely watch commercials.

 

[E Street Brat]

Spectrum cable has been a problem for months.

 

[JaxBill]

WHAT??? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS COMMERCIAL

 

[JaxBill]

seriously,  yes i have noticed this and the ads are targeting older folks.

 

[skol asylum]

DVR means little to no commercials.

 

[Osaurus]

Cut the cable and OTA broadcasts are much quieter.  

 

[matuski]

Cut the cable and OTA broadcasts are much quieter.  

DirecTV Now isn't cable.

 

[Osaurus]

DirecTV Now isn't cable.

Didn’t say it was.  SHOULD I SPEAK UP?

 

[matuski]

Didn’t say it was.  SHOULD I SPEAK UP?

Yes, thank you.

I understood when you said "cut the cable" to imply we were using cable.

If that isn't what you meant I am confused.

 

[boom king]

I think the networks pander to their andertisers by lowering the volume of their content, forcing users to raise their volume. Then advertisers just jack it up to the legal limit, which makes it seem that much louder. 

 

[DallasDMac]

I think the networks pander to their andertisers by lowering the volume of their content, forcing users to raise their volume. Then advertisers just jack it up to the legal limit, which makes it seem that much louder. 

If the rule is written as anything other than "commercials will be at the same volume level as the show content" then it is written poorly. Which means, I'm sure it isn't written that way.

 

[Ranethe]

Getting blasted by commercials has been a pet peeve of mine for years. I don’t ever watch TV any more without the remote in hand (also use it regularly to increase for dialogue and then decrease for effects-music, explosions, etc). Volume up for show, volume waaaaay down for commercial.