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Whatever happened to the law about commercials not being louder than shows?

Posted on 9/11/18 at 7:57 pm
Posted by al_cajun
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2017
2442 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 7:57 pm
Didn’t that law get put into effect? That’s a law I would love to see enforced nothing pisses me off more than having to scramble for the remote because it sounds like the damn speakers are going to blow.
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
8089 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 7:58 pm to
Ok, grandma.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69563 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 7:58 pm to
I’ve noticed this in the last few months too.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31593 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:02 pm to
There’s also a law that if I sign up on a list I’m not supposed to get telemarketers.
Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18793 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:04 pm to
I don't listen to or watch commercials, so I've never noticed.
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
28308 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:08 pm to
it pisses me off on Hulu

have to turn my volume up to like 28 to hear some shows and then commercials need to be only like 12
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 8:09 pm
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:09 pm to
And when did Microsoft just plain give up on preventing windows from popping up and stealing focus? It never worked that well, but they stopped trying altogether at some point.

ETA: I’m not talking about browser popups but message boxes and whatnot created by applications that don’t own the foreground window.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
158988 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:09 pm to
There's also a law that people who enter this country illegally are supposed to be returned to their country of origin
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31593 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

And when did Microsoft just plain give up on preventing windows from popping up and stealing focus? It never worked that well, but they stopped trying altogether at some point.



I haven’t got a pop up in years..?
Posted by rpr4695
Member since May 2013
2132 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

There's also a law that people who enter this country illegally are supposed to be returned to their country of origin


Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:20 pm to
See the ETA. I wasn’t talking about browser popups. We used to talk about this as an “arms race” between devs and Microsoft, and the devs clearly won.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118270 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:22 pm to
Not so much our jobs as, your tax dollars.


But, you don’t need those.......to go to anything of value.
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
30071 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:22 pm to
It doesn't apply to internet TV nor does the Do Not Call List for internet based robo calling companies. The government hasn't kept up with technology and regulation here.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118270 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:23 pm to
Or satellite radio.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53815 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:24 pm to
quote:

nor does the Do Not Call List for internet based robo calling companies

I've gotten to the point where I just don't answer the phone if they aren't already in my contacts
Posted by Athis
I AM Charlie Kirk....
Member since Aug 2016
16905 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:27 pm to
I remember my Dad would have the TV loud AF. When a commercial would come on everyone would scream to turn it down... He didn't GAF...
Posted by Ton Chou
On the Levee
Member since Feb 2010
757 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:36 pm to
How about where you’re taxes are spent, inclusive of food assistance, law enforcement and the judicial and penal system, not to mention an uninsured motorist hitting you, a pipeline that gets your kid hooked on drugs, nearby gang activity that depreciates the value of your home, a female relative getting raped or murdered or both or some kind of disease they were never vaccinated for, your kid missing out on a scholly due to affirmative action and not on merit and then of course, your job. Kind of sounds like londonistan doesn’t it?
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63281 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:39 pm to
a number of tv manufacturers used to build in technology that would prevent this. Unfortunately, in these days of extremely cheap flat screens, that technology is no longer included.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
62706 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:41 pm to
What about movies where the music and sound effects are loud as hell but you can't hear the dialogue?
Posted by 4quartaBamaball
Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Nov 2015
2115 posts
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:51 pm to
I work in TV - There's a difference between a sounds "loudness/level" and it's "volume". You're correct the commercials are not allowed to have a higher standard "volume" than the show you are watching, they get around that though because they increase the "loudness/level" from the audio giving you the impression the commercial is louder than the "volume" of the tv show you were watching.
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