Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for November 19, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    I subscribe to that theory myself.

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    Yukoner  about 14 years ago

    They want you to hear the ad even though you’ve left the room to get something to munch on, get a beer or have a pee.

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    Llewellenbruce  about 14 years ago

    The FCC recently passed a law forbidding increased volume for ads.

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    Sisyphos  about 14 years ago

    More precisely, the broadcast transmitter volume remains the same, but the inputted commercial has a much higher volume.

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    Rakkav  about 14 years ago

    Even more precisely, the increased volume makes me glad I don’t have a TV and is one of the downsides of having Internet access.

    Give ‘em a good ZAP, Broomie!

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    tirnaaisling  about 14 years ago

    Simple press the mute button when the ads start, it becomes second nature after a while.

    Does the FCC forbid reducing the volume on the shows tho’?

    Morning all!

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    Winterbay  about 14 years ago

    Hmm… Interesting, I think in Sweden it is decereed that you must have a higher volume on the commercials so that you know what is a commercial and what isn’t (some people apparently have trouble separating the two).

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    NE1956  about 14 years ago

    The only person who ever defeated the “stable sound” feature of my TV was the late not-ever-great Billy Mays.

    This is when I started muting all commercials.

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    GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Any more questions?

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    MisngNOLA  about 14 years ago

    Yes, Grog. Why is there air?

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    stuestes  about 14 years ago

    MisngNOLA: Any jock knows that. To inflate footballs, basketballs, vollyballs…

    Thank you, Bill Cosby!

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    scrabblefiend  about 14 years ago

    That’s so you can hear the commercial when you go to the kitchen for a snack.

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    Sherlock Watson  about 14 years ago

    One day there will be a law stating that TV commercials have to be done by mimes; they won’t be any less annoying, but at least they’ll be quiet.

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    zerotsm  about 14 years ago

    I went to an engineering conference once that spent half a day on the subject of “perceived loudness”. There is still not total agreement on how to measure this. Total peak modulation is easy to determine but if the audio is heavily compressed, it will sound “louder” even though the peak modulation is the same.

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