Commercials

[RocketDawg]

I'm on Dish, so that may make a difference, but to me the commercials are at least twice as loud as the game broadcast. And some are really bad, like the General insurance ad.

Is it like that for anyone else?

 

[Fritz!]

I thought congress fixed that...

 

[PBRME]

It's something along the lines of their volume can't exceed the loudest point of the broadcast you're watching. They take full advantage of that peak level. I thought at one point a selling point of new tv's was peak volume control. Was that a thing or am I just imagining it?

 

[RocketDawg]

Apparently it's enforced about like the DoNotCall telephone thing.

I think you're right about the television volume control, and I also seem to remember Dish advertising that they control the volume of advertisements too. Apparently they don't do it very well.

 

[fevans]

I'm also on dish and had the same issue, particularly with SD commercials. I found a feature on the hopper that seems to address the issue. Look for something called volume leveling in your audio settings.

 

[SteelDawg03]

How loud does your tv sing "You don't have to be lonely at farmers only.com!"???

 

[SwampDawg]

And C Spire, "freedom, FREEDOM, SHRIEK . ETC."

 

[RocketDawg]

I'm also on dish and had the same issue, particularly with SD commercials. I found a feature on the hopper that seems to address the issue. Look for something called volume leveling in your audio settings.

My Volume Leveling is already enabled so that must not be the answer.