The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to limit the volume of commercials and keep them at the level of the programs they interrupt.
via www.sfgate.com
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Posted by: Simon Wistow | 09/30/2010 at 03:02 PM
really simon?! damn them!!!
Posted by: katerizero | 09/30/2010 at 02:38 PM
The only problem with this is that it's trivial to circumvent using Dynamic Range Compression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression#Marketing
by which the amplitude i.e "physical loudness" of the soundtrack is within the guidelines but the compression i.e "perceived loudness" is increased.
Posted by: Simon Wistow | 09/30/2010 at 02:15 PM