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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:47:08 -0700 (PDT),
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On Mar 10, 8:43*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:35:30 -0700 (PDT),

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On Mar 10, 8:32*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:19:50 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:46:44 -0700 (PDT),
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Is there a device or TV that keeps volume level or at least
constrained? My kid is trying to watch a movie on FX and the volume
fluxuation is so severe that we can't even let my kid watch it as we
are trying to have phone conversations with clients in the next room.
One second it needs to be at volume level 45, the next 18-20 is
plenty.. This is rediculous, can't even watch the TV we pay 100 bucks
a month for.. Crap...

It's not the volume actually - the signal input never varies.

What changes is the frequency of the audio.

Very clever.

The frequency of the audio? *Wouldn't that make the voices sound unnatural.

I do a lot of radio station time shifting via the Internet. *I like to
listen to programs from the old home town at night. *I have the same problem
with audio level differences between commercials and the programming.

I took of the files I downloaded and loaded it into Cool Edit Pro. *Sure
enough, the audio amplitude level between the commercials and the
programming is significantly different.

Just my observations.

It's true. *The shift is to slighty higher, sharper tones and
frequency - you really wouldn't notice it.

The other reason is that in addition to the slight frequency shift,
the audio is leveled such that it's loud all the time.

The FCC regulates how loud a commercial can be and it can be no louder
than the highest audio level reached in the show. *The same with
frequency.

However, the FCC doesn't regulate the audio level for commercials - so
with the slight shift in frequency bringing sharper audio, the levels
are at the loudest level produced during the broadcast itself.

Net effect - louder commercials even though they aren't louder than
the broadcast.

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Several years back there was a Motorola tv that was advertized with a
"fix" for the problem. It dissapperard almost as fast as it came, more
likely someone bought the technology and patent and buried it.. Like
the ad agencies or cable companies..

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Yup, came and went very quickly. I always figured the developers
probably made it just to cash in on it as they probably did.. Might be
able to find something on it, I think it was Motorola, iirc. Somehow I
am thinking the early 90's..

Speaking of early '90s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb