Re: Automatic Television Volume Control

From: john jardine (john_at_jjdesigns.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:03:43 -0000

"Kevin Aylward" <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote in message
news:F46Dd.54415$Z7.24217@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> I have digital cable, and there is no way its compression in this
> method. The sound is truly turned up much louder, and it is very, very
> irritating indeed.

I only get the normal 5 channels but yes, the ads have gotten worse over the
last couple of years (say +3dB).
I reckon the problem is due to two factors.

A] The massive compression that they recently seem to have been able to
leverage in. During the ad's just listen for those few (nS!) where no one is
talking. You can hear significant background mush.

B] Incompetance and couldn't care less attitudes of all the modern brand of
transmission engineers, causing highly variable VU levels to be put out
during normal programming.

Channel 5 maybe but at one time the Beeb would have sacked their lot
en-masse.

regards
john

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