sky tv adverts LOUD?
 

is it just me, or when you set the T.V. to a reasonable volume during a program...but when the adverts come on it gets rediculously loud? do they just brodcast them louder or what?


steve

Noticed this on NTL years ago but its not as bad anymore but still noticable sometimes.

Yes - and IIRC they were pulled up for it some years back.

It's to wake you up between godawful programming. Think of it as a service.

it is so you can still hear the adverts whilst you are in the kitchen with the kettle boiling, They don't want you to miss anything :D

The fact that you went to the kitchen to get away from said adverts is neither here nor there :D

It's so you can still hear them when in the kitchen making a coffee :)

it mind boggling.... my batteries on the remote are going to die soon from tuurning it up, down, up , down.... anyway.... thanks for your help.:thumb:

:lol1:

ha, ha, i get it.......but since moving here, i have really taken a liking to tea:lol1:

Every flippin' advert break we are scrambling for the remote to lower the volume before our ear drums explode!

ER is particularly bad for this. :mad:

SKY+ - just fast forward the adverts!! :)

hahaha us too, although ER is bad for alot of things, like the plots....:lol1:


just kidding

Torrents and no adverts :thumb:

That only works for stuff already recorded. You can't fast forward through adverts that haven't been broadcast yet! :D Or do you have a skybox+ that time travels ;) :D

same here. notice it most on a sunday night when mrs g and little miss g have gone to bed and i'm watching tv quietly in the lounge. then the ads come on...AAARRRRRGGHHHHHHHHH!!!![MUTE UNTIL THEY'RE OVER!]

Channel 4/E4 and especially Uk gold are terrible for this!
Really REALLY annoying

Aye it does this on mine too I've now got RSI in my thumb! It is very annoying when you've just dosed off!

yeah know what you mean, the ads in between babestation are very loud


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Late night Sci-Fi Channel "YEAHHH BABY" is really loud too :norty:

Windyboy.

"Mute" button? Mine's nearly got the graphic worn off it;)

Alcazar

This isn't limited to Sky - it's a "feature" that's been around for years, long before satellite or cable programming.

I read it has something to do with the audio compression that advertisers use. Supposedly while the ads are set to the same/similar volume as the rest of the programming, the compression makes them sound louder.
(Then again, I think this explanation is bollox....)

I personally think the "sounds louder" rather than "IS louder" is a crap argument for the TV broadcasters to use simply to appease their advertisers. Technically true or not, to the consumers you and I, we have to turn the volume down and that says it IS louder to most people.

Either go the sky+ route or hit the mute button like we do.
Yve

AFAIK, it's SUPPOSED to be illegal to have the advert volume turned up?

And with today's technology, the "compression" argument just doesn't hold water.

I bet a gizmo that AUTOMATICALLY muted the set if it detected a sudden increase in volume, would sell well, and I ALSO bet the TV companies would soon find a "cure" for the compression problem;)

Alcazar

No you are quite right, its called bandwith compression... they compress the normal stuff into a narrow band and you hear it as normal telly. When the ads come on, they let the material use the whole of the bandwidth, this give a far louder and correct!! audio sound. when the programmes restatr, they squash the bandwidth back down.

Its legal, but naughty. As they are not allowed to increase the volume amplification on normal tv.. so they use the bandwidth method.

They all owned up to it some years back


mart

yeah they are deafening!! i have to cover my ears sometimes :(

Ahhh - so the normal programmes are compressed and the ads aren't?
I got it the wrong way round - thanks mart.

Anyway, no matter what the explanation, it's a pain in the a$$.
...especially CILLIT BANG adverts :mad:

Very frustrating. :mad:

Its amazing when we supposedly have a consumer driven society that this still happens. We need to setup some sort of campaign to get it fixed, its just so damn annoying :(

im still confused why there are adverts on there anyway..... since i am paying for the programming already.... do they need MORE money?

then again i am just cheap.:lol1: