Little Things That Annoy Me #1

Tuesday, 08 July 2008 at 15:00 - Blog

The increase in TV volume during commercial breaks.

Is this just a UK thing or does it happen all over the globe? Ramping up the volume during the ad breaks doesn't make me sit up and take notice of your stupid product, it just sends me diving for the mute button.

Grrr..

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#1 Timmy on 08 Jul 2008 at 15:30

-sigh-

The same annoying thing here in Finland too.

And I was thinking it was happening only here.

Maybe we should unite and do something for it (?)

Anyway it has made me minimaze watching these channels.

#2 John Conners on 08 Jul 2008 at 16:00

Ad breaks are as good a reason as any to get Sky+ or any other form of digital recorder - get it to automatically record everything you watch then sit back and view them when you want (not at the scheduled time) and skip the breaks!

#3 Jeremy Pearson on 08 Jul 2008 at 22:20

This probably happens everywhere. Even on the Isles of Scilly..

During the 60 minute radio show I present every Saturday lunchtime I'm required to play three sets of adverts. Each time I'm getting quicker at diving on the "gain" control to reduce the volume, but they still seem to go out at a louder volume than everything else.

Irritating from both ends I suspect.

#4 John Topley on 13 Jul 2008 at 15:25

It's because the audio in the adverts uses compression to make it sound punchier. news.bbc.co.uk/.../4679575.stm

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