And it only took him about 40 years of public service.
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On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bill that will require television stations and cable companies to turn the sound down on commercials.
It unanimously passed a bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), that would require commercials be at the same volume as the programs they interrupt.
In 1984, the Federal Communications Commission said there was no way to regulate the "apparent loudness" of commercials, but Schumer said, "TV viewers should be able to watch their favorite programs without fear of losing their hearing when the show goes to a commercial."
The House already passed similar legislation, though there are minor differences that will need to be worked out after the Nov. 2 election and before the bill becomes a law.
.Why couldn't they do this months ago instead of monkeying around with health care?
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Schteveo
4 comments:
There was always that regulation. The way they get around it was to use the highest volume of the show for the commercial and keep it at the higher end for the commercial. I don't know if this new regulation will have any effect.
You want to turn up the commercials because they are better than most show anyway, and gives you time to bet a beer and drain the lizard.
Bill,
I think the point is to ENFORCE the law. But, given that, I gotta question.
What happened to those "sound leveling" TVs? That feature was all the rage a few years ago. Haven't heard about it on ANY flat screen TVs.
They are "flat". You can'd get more "level" than that.
Flat SOUND LEVEL!!!
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