USA: CALM Act passed, will quiet loud TV commercials within a year - Polidicks

[QUOTE=wheresmyfish;26511156]yes. a simple fix. after all people have wanted it for decades. thats why we waited until now to fix it. because it was so simple.[/QUOTE] i think it's probably because congress had more pressing matters at hand other than turning the volume down on american television commercials

[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;26510462]What's the point in making the commercials loud anyway? Can someone explain the idea behind it? Personally, whenever a commercial blasts my ears, I personally swear to not buy that shitty product, especially when it's a known offender. I'm guessing they're assuming the viewers have gotten up for whatever reason once the commercials start. EDIT: I mean advertisers have to know that people don't like it, I just don't see the logic in pissing off the person you're trying to sell too. It's not like someone is at home saying to himself/herself, "Well, if only this commercial was a little louder I might want to buy that".[/QUOTE]

If it didn't work, they wouldn't be doing it. Also, where do they get these acronyms from? Do they make the acronym first, or does it just spring out of the wording?

[QUOTE=Explosions;26512265]If it didn't work, they wouldn't be doing it. Also, where do they get these acronyms from? Do they make the acronym first, or does it just spring out of the wording?[/QUOTE] They make the acronyms first. The government is really good at that.

I'm glad this is being passed. Almost every commercial I hear these days is screaming loud. I even remember watching a show once only to be interrupted with "MOM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SEX".

You mean..Congress actually did something productive?

This annoys the shit out of me, hurry the hell up and follow suit Canada

well as a great man once said [quote=Vincent Vega]I don't watch TV.[/quote] [img]http://angels.ocregister.com/files/2010/05/John-Travolta-as-Vincent-Vega-in-Pulp-Fiction.jpg[/img]

Sometimes when that wakes me up I stay up and watch the commercials that I can never see during they day.

They need to do something about how many times a commercial can play. Because I've had [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQb192-CPQ[/media] play [b]every single time [/b] advertisements are on.

[QUOTE=JDK721;26509570]good now we don't have to bother muting or turning down the volume every time a commercial comes on[/QUOTE] So little thing takes a whole lot of bureaucracy to make it fixed

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_SwD7RveNE[/media]

Thank god.

Parents always yelled at me when I was a kid because the TV would get loud at a commercial and they'd yell "WHY IS THAT SO LOUD GO STUDY"

This seems like something that should be handled by cable / satellite providers doesn't it? Not the FCC or government

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;26520961]Parents always yelled at me when I was a kid because the TV would get loud at a commercial and they'd yell "WHY IS THAT SO LOUD GO STUDY"[/QUOTE] Me too - and its often tio loud for me and im ALMOST DEAF

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26509471]Will this apply to American stations aired internationally or will they keep them loud for non-American markets?[/QUOTE] I think that most broadcasters will just implement volume equalization for every commercial to standardize the procedure so they don't end up cocking stuff up.

[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;26510462]What's the point in making the commercials loud anyway? Can someone explain the idea behind it? [/QUOTE] Well, the idea is that it catches peoples attention. When I (rarely) go out in public I scream and yell when ordering things at resturants or talking to friends, tends to catch attention and demand authority.

[QUOTE=bord2tears;26509866]It seems more like "DO ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES, [i]YOUR BROTHER, YOUR FRIEND, OR SOME GUY YOU JUST MET[/i] HAVE THIS DISEASE? CALL NOW!"[/QUOTE] How does it know I don't love my brother? :ohdear:

yes, a solution to me having the "quiet channel" set to 50 volume, then a commercial comes on and starts yelling about erectile disfunction at three in the morning :saddowns: [editline]6th December 2010[/editline] [quote=bord2tears;26509866]it seems more like "do one of your loved ones, [i]your brother, your friend, or some guy you just met[/i] have this disease? Call now!"[/quote] have you or somone you know suffered from one of the following [b]...death...[/b]

[QUOTE=leadpumper;26509541][img_thumb]http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-2/billy-mays-thumbs.jpg[/img_thumb] :frown:[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/2462jhw.jpg[/IMG] Mighty Putty can fix everything... except for a broken heart. :smith:

Hey Congress could you do away with: 1. FUCKING WEBSITE ADS WITH LOUD AUDIO. 2. CAR NOISES ON THE RADIO. 3. FIGURE A WAY SO PEOPLE CAN NOT TALK ON A CELLPHONE IN A CAR.

fucking finally this shit was getting ridiculous

[QUOTE=Jessesmith1;26512117][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX0fIi3H-es[/media][/QUOTE] Oh my god! I thought it was just me!

[QUOTE=brickbox;26524321]Hey Congress could you do away with: 1. FUCKING WEBSITE ADS WITH LOUD AUDIO. 2. CAR NOISES ON THE RADIO. 3. FIGURE A WAY SO PEOPLE CAN NOT TALK ON A CELLPHONE IN A CAR.[/QUOTE] Faraday cages in the bodywork as standard.

My TV automatically lowers the volume when loud commercials play. Thank you, Phillips.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN9OKXtzHtE&feature=related[/media] Thank god.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;26509592]christ I hope the uk does something similar we may finally be at an end of the plague of this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_-9QFvhQWo[/media][/QUOTE] hahaha thats awesome how could you hate that

This isn't going to be popular with advertising companies.

Why can't we have a Billy Mays day? Where every advertisement on TV has something to do with Billy Mays