Actually, this one bill, I actually support. It’s a daily-life irritant to have to suddenly shout at the chick when a commercial comes BLARING on. Yes, I have a remote. No, I don’t always hit it in time, or remember. It annoys.
While I don’t think this is much of the government’s purpose or business, I am glad something’s being done.
I should not have to grab the remote every time the commervcial comes on...I am not old, so it blasts my ears half the time.
I am sure some free market purist will come on this thread and say “these problems are better handled by pressuring the advertisers, local stations etc.”
To those folks: When has this made any difference?
I am glad they did this. It isn’t like they wasted a bunch of time on the matter...it was an easy voice vote. Hard to say they are wasting time on it like the article implies.
The volume isn’t altered, it’s the levels within the recording.
Modern MUSIC recordings seem louder too. The bastardized “remastered” Beatles CDs used this trick too.
It is probably a slight regulatory overstep, but hardly a travesty of justice. It does take care of a constant irritant, I suppose. It is emblematic of excessive regulatory power ... but hardly the best example. It isn’t even the best example in the last 24 hours (the crib thing was worse).
Look at the bright side — a minute wasted on this nonsense is a minute wasted by the Pelosi Congress, and minute closer to the Boehner Congress without further catastrophic legislation.
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Had television broadcasters chosen to just respect its viewers and listen to what was certainly their customers complaints going back many years, none of this “Calm Act” would have been necessary. The broadcasters have brought this regulation on themselves and given us another government intrusion into daily life..
Interesting that a few years back they outlawed the manufacture/sale of a DVR that had the option of cutting off the commercials... based on the higher volume.
I used to want a law like this, but then I canceled my Cable in order to stop feeding the beast.
Now when I happen to see what currently passes for television, all I can say is:
The Stupid! It hurts! AAAUUUGGGHH!
Actually I support this. I really dont think there needs to be a law but commercial volume does annoy me.
100% behind this! It is something near and dear to me because I live in a condo and have close neighbors. When I’m watching TV late at night, it is a constant full-on battle with the volume, especially when one of those noise-maker commercials come on.
I’m watching TV and everything is fine, calm and peaceful. Suddenly a commercial comes on and its shaking my walls and breaking my windows. I’m frantically looking for the remote, see it, and with diving roll get the mute on before the neighbors call the cops.
These commercials seem to pride themselves on making as much noise as they can, as loud as possible. I don’t even know what they are selling because I always am forced to hit mute, even during the day.
Explosions, yelling, whistles, horns, more explosions, whatever they can think of to make a loud noise.
Some may think this bill is silly, but it is not silly to me.
I always fast-forward through the commercials. I almost never watch a commercial.
That one I can live with. If they’re selling something of interest to me I’ll listen. Otherwise I’ll just ignore it. Blasting it at me is not going to change that.
Yes it is annoying. It’s like that because it works. Anyone in agreement with this stupid law is inviting more federal intrusion into the free market. Damn!
Sad to see so many so-call conservatives supporting another government intrusion into the free market. Our country is indeed lost.
it’s april fools day everyday in washington