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idiot commercial stations and their LOUD ads
mattv:
I have this crappy old Samsung TV but it has one GREAT feature, "Auto volume".
This basicly chops the volume of anything in the midrange and highend so it's all the same level but leaves the bass the way it is. Switch it on and those bloody anoying comercials are no louder than the rest of the programming. Sucks for movies of course but you can set the TV up so it only applies auto volume to certain inputs (RF only in my case), that way you get nice quiet adds and loud pumpin movies.
It's not perfect but its a hell of a lot better than being able toe hear the comercials from across the street. New TV's don't seem to have this feature - was probably too good.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: mattv on December 12, 2004, 06:04:12 pm ---I have this crappy old Samsung TV but it has one GREAT feature, "Auto volume".
This basicly chops the volume of anything in the midrange and highend so it's all the same level but leaves the bass the way it is. Switch it on and those bloody anoying comercials are no louder than the rest of the programming. Sucks for movies of course but you can set the TV up so it only applies auto volume to certain inputs (RF only in my case), that way you get nice quiet adds and loud pumpin movies.
It's not perfect but its a hell of a lot better than being able toe hear the comercials from across the street. New TV's don't seem to have this feature - was probably too good.
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that sounds like the sh1t!! but like you say, tv stations wouldnt have liked it much. its amazing they didnt somehow get 'mute' buttons banned!
DrewKaree:
I have a nice Phillips that is less than 2 years old that has this feature.
I'm thinking a surprising percentage of televisions nowadays have this feature.
I'm also pretty sure an equal percentage of men, while setting up their television (or whatever else they are setting up/putting together) fail to read the manual that came with their equipment in order to best take advantage of said equipment.
Why do you think it's a male stereotype? ;D
Grok: Me buy new TV!
Thag: Plug in so football watch!
Grok: Wait minute, me read manual firstly.
Thag: That nice dress on you Unga!
Grok: Unga my wife, me not.....ooohhhhh, Thag tricky!
Thag: Sit. Have beer. Packers on now.
Grok: :tosses manual under the coffee table, never to be read again: