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The volume is not "turned up" on TV commercials. The perceived increase in volume is due to dynamic range compression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_rang
by chadgeidel 12y ago
The volume is not "turned up" on TV commercials. The perceived increase in volume is due to dynamic range compression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression#Broadcasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression#Broad...
- TillE 12y agoWhich means the commercial is playing at maximum volume. Of course it's not physically changing the volume control on your television, but the source is as loud as it can possibly be.