Disclaimer Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 CALM Act passed, will quiet loud TV commercials within a yearHere's some bipartisan legislation we can ALL stand behind, yes? If we all can work together to accomplish this, just think of the things we could do if we worked together.http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/calm-act-passed-will-quiet-loud-tv-commercials-within-a-year.ars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 You're fucking kidding me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 That's complete BS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Good to see this is important enough for our government to do something about. Figures it'd be a liberal who introduced it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 FEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMoar of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhaag Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 beam me the fuck up. watching this train wreck we call government has become far too exhausting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 idk why all you commies dont support this, but i think its fucking great....i hate having to turn down my tv every time commercials come on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 idk why all you commies dont support this, but i think its fucking great....i hate having to turn down my tv every time commercials come onits the best thing our government has done in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Punk Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 One more nail in the coffin of free TV, more government intervention making it harder for people to do business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 I did'nt even notice that commercials were louder than the show that is playing. Lol I'm sure glad the goverment is concerned about my hearing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 its the only thing our government has done in years.ftfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 LoL.. So' date=' because individual buyers of television are too stupid to deal with their providers themselves, they get the FedGov to spend time (read: money) to chastise private business for them? Turn off the television for a few months and see what comes of it. Nothing says, "I hate your bullshit!!" like not paying for it. Too bad Americans have a serious "have cake/eat cake" problem. I hate all of you.[/quote']That made absolutely no sense and I feel dumber for reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 LoL.. So' date=' because individual buyers of television are too stupid to deal with their providers themselves, they get the FedGov to spend time (read: money) to chastise private business for them? Turn off the television for a few months and see what comes of it. Nothing says, "I hate your bullshit!!" like not paying for it. Too bad Americans have a serious "have cake/eat cake" problem. I hate all of you.[/quote']Exactly - I didn't buy a Ducati for the same reason. Spaghetti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shittygsxr Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Oh.. so' date=' nobody cares that the television has commercials every 7 minutes. You just don't like how loud they are?Simple fix. Shut down the television service and see how fast the providers respond to the market.[/quote']It is just so when you are quietly watching a tv show and commercial comes on it wont 100db anymore. It didn't take billions of government dollars and years of fighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I was more concerned about having to yell across the room for my wench to get me sammiches and beer during the commercials. I certainly should not have to compete for her attention over "Head On! Apply directly to the forehead!" unless they're talking about my penis and forehead is some new slang for mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meanie Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I read the article. I understand its intention. What I don't understand is why it takes an act of Congress to get it done. Instead of reaching for the remote control every time this happens' date=' you could have called your television service provider and told them to shut it down.. indefinitely. If enough customers were to do this on their own you'd see some changes in the way commercials are being tossed into your living room. Fix it yourself, instead of waiting for someone to fix it for you. That's all I was saying. (basically..)[/quote']The cable/sat providers no longer have control of the audio levels. Back in the analog days they did. But with everything going digital the providers have lost that ability. You would have to contact the networks and have them make the adjustment, but they are being paid by the advertisers. Who do you think they are going to listen to? I have a hard enough time trying to get them to set their dial norm to -27. I tried working with the networks for a few months trying to get them to make the adjustments, then our NOC decided they wanted to do it. Not my problem anymore. From where I sit I'm glad this happened, it will be governed by the FCC. The commercial that WTTE is running right now pisses me off, they are claiming Time Warner isn't going to carry them and the customer is going to lose the super bowl and sit coms and whatever other crap they play. They urge the customers to call TW. You ever heard why TW is threatening to drop them? It's because the contract is up, WTTE wants more money which will raise costs to the customers. TW is trying to keep the costs down. But the customers get the impression TW is trying to screw them so they call and complain, then the bill goes up because they all called and complained, so they call and complain again. I'd say 50% - 60% of you bill goes to the networks (that is a guess on my part and may be way off). Bah enough ranting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meanie Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Exactly why I said you'd have to cancel the service if you were unhappy. If/when enough subscribers canceled' date=' the advertisers would change their tactics, but that won't happen because Americans can't live without their Twonky.[/quote']I understand what your trying to say, I just don't think the programmers would see it as "they all left because the commercials were too loud". But that's neither here nor there, lets face it this is the truth....Americans can't live without their Twonky (not sure what Twonky is... but again I know what you mean)Although I'm happy the public has decided TV is a necessity rather than a luxury, it allows me to buy toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhaag Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hell' date=' I wasn't aware that commercials are louder than television programs. I stopped paying to have people advertise to me for 20 minutes out of every hour about 7 years ago. That is the part that I find amazing... nobody seems to care that there are commercials, so long as they aren't too loud. The Twonkydude, you cant expect people to make a conscience decision for themselves or to have them take any sort of action on their own behalf, thats just crazy!! you mean to tell me that the consumer has the ability to influence how a given industry behaves based on what the consumer actually wants?! i dont buy it. i need govt to tell me what to do, thats the answer. anyway, this reminds me of a story i heard on npr yesterday. they had an "expert" on talking about a shitty credit card with kim kardashean (sp?...who cares) and how ridiculous everything about it was. the "experts" answer was not to actually read the terms and understand the fees, etc., but that legislation would have to be passed to prevent this type of preditory lending. no mention that, perhaps, taking responsibility for your decisions may work well, too. fucking eggheads. if my head doenst explode in the next couple of years i beg you to remove it by any means necessary so that my torment ceases to hinder my being........i beg you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I win, I win! I don't care, because most of what I do watch, the small amount of TV that I do watch, is recorded on TiVo (a REAL TiVo, not just a DVR) and I can skip the commercials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 A real win would be not watching tv. I think everyone can agree that 80% or more of the crap they put on the glowing box isn't worth watching but people watch it for a lack of motivation to do anything else.I still am amazed some people pay $50 or more a month for tv, that's $600 a year for something you can't eat, live in or trade with someone. It's money thrown out a window. Especially when you consider the trillions spent in the US on advertisements to sell the vibrating gut buster, or chia Obama or the best one I've ever seen, "Two $2 bills for $10 plus SH"! People buy this shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 or chia Obama or the best one I've ever seen, "Two $2 bills for $10 plus SH"! People buy this shit! Where do I get one?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I was more concerned about having to yell across the room for my wench to get me sammiches and beer during the commercials. I certainly should not have to compete for her attention over "Head On! Apply directly to the forehead!" unless they're talking about my penis and forehead is some new slang for mouth.:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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