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I remember that ads used to be louder on TV, too. What stopped that, was that TVs and videotape machines looked for loud content, and used that to trigger ad-s
by ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
I remember that ads used to be louder on TV, too.
What stopped that, was that TVs and videotape machines looked for loud content, and used that to trigger ad-skipping.
- apwell23 1y agois there a programmable tv that i can do something like this ? i want to mute ads when i am watching espn plus. my current tv is fire tv. i guess i'd have to build a little robot arm that presses mute button on the remote?
- systemz 1y agoif you want to automate pressing buton, there is something called "fingerbot"
- potato3732842 1y ago>What stopped that, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudness_Mitigation_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudn...
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoI didn't know about the act, but I remember when they stopped doing it, and was told that was the reason (I was around in '84). Might be a "chicken/egg" thing.