House votes to turn down volume of noisy TV ads

AP via google ^ | Dec 15, 2009 | Ann Sanner

[posterchild]

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday voted to level off the abrupt spikes in volume felt by television viewers during commercial breaks.

The bill — approved by a voice vote — is aimed at stopping TV ads from playing noticeably louder than programs.

"It's very frustrating," said Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. "It's an annoying experience, and something really should be done about it."

[posterchild]

I have little patience for commercials and even less for congressional micromanaging.

[rmccullo]

We live in a bizzaro world.

Could they possibly be working on anything less significant?

[TomGuy]

When are they going to do cable ala carte?

They’ve toyed with it, but never seem to get around to doing something really useful.

[all the best]

Is the nothing that these maniacs don’t want to control?

[GeronL]

is this the most important thing they could do?

[dfwgator]

Didn’t Billy Mays dying pretty much solve this problem?

[FrankR]

"I have little patience for commercials and even less for congressional micromanaging. "

Ditto.

[NewHampshireDuo]

What makes Congress think that this is any of their business? Interstate commerce?

[Jewbacca]

If it was transmitted via the public airways, I could see the argument.

Cable, not so much.

[Elpasser]

...And while the Congress of the United States is engaged in solving all of our problems, how about those annoying radio ads that repeat the phone number 3 or 4 times in a winy voice...

[PzLdr]

Nice to see tht the idiots in DC have their priorities straight. Sheesh!

[KarlInOhio]

Did they exclude their own campaign ads just as they excluded politicians from the Do Not Call list legislation?

[Non-Sequitur]

Could they possibly be working on anything less significant?

Well...there was that committee vote on college football playoffs.

[doc1019]

The U.S. is circling the drain and they are worried about loud TV ads!!!!!

[Ticonderoga34]

Congress shouldn’t waste their time on trivial issues like loud TV commercials.

Congress should spend their time on more important issues, like mandating a National Championship playoff for NCAA Division I-A football teams. /sarc

[gathersnomoss]

Boucher, another waste of oxygen VA democrat. I have had enough of these a-holes.

[posterchild]

It’s an FCC issue (not sure where in section 1 that falls under), but for some reason they want to handle it at a congressional level.

I’m happy to protect my own ears.

[KarlInOhio]

I have the urge to go to Washington with a TV to play loud advertisments for non-playoff BCS games. I want Congressional heads to explode like the empty pumpkins they are.

[Stosh]

“Didn’t Billy Mays dying pretty much solve this problem?”

Good point, but I expect there’s a clause in that legislation that limits how fast Vince, the ShamWow Guy, can speak.

Gotta admire our Congress - double-digit unemployment and they’re busy saving us from having to use our mute button when a plug for Metamucil shows up on the tube.

[Spartan79]

Almost certainly.