Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Volume Abuse

I don't even have cable and this still happens to me.

I'll be watching a show on hulu or whatever, minding my own business when
SUDDENLY COMMERCIAL AND WHY IS IT SO LOUD HELP

7 comments:

  1. Haha I really hate it when this happens to me. You're comics are super cute btw. :3c

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  2. Stupid commercials D:

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  3. I think it's to grab your attention, like when you were a kid and you got this super awesome toy you saw on tv and it turns out it's a piece of crap.

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  4. Hehe happens to me all the time... such sillyness. :T

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  5. From what I've been told by a friend who works at station, there is hardware that TV stations have used for years that auto-adjust volume levels gradually so that viewers "won't notice" the change. The problem is that it takes roughly 20-30 seconds for the hardware to measure levels, then change them in real time, which is why commercials blast on and then eventually level off in volume. Then when your show comes back on, the the levels go way up again. It depends on how differently the show and the offendingly loud spot was mixed in audio.

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  6. Hi!
    I wanted to alert you a pages of facebook that you have stolen the picture!
    Good evening!
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=501153599902787&set=pb.130683726949778.-2207520000.1350075403&type=1&theater

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  7. You know there are actuall jobs in the tv for people who does that sound tricks. It's annoying and someone pays them O_o

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