[mythtv-users] CALM Act in US

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Oct 14 03:13:32 UTC 2009


On Tuesday 13 October 2009 20:59:11 Johnny wrote:
> I know most mythtv users don't watch many commercials, but I thought
> this might be of interest to some users, because the issue of
> commercial loudness has come up on the list a few times. There is some
> legislation set to pass in the US called the CALM Act that would put
> tighter restrictions on the average loudness and perceived loudness of
> commercials instead of the lax or nonexistant regulation that is
> currently in place. This article talks a little about it and also
> gives some interesting explanations about why changing the perceived
> volume is such a complex issue:
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/calm-act-plans-to-put-loud-
>tv-commercials-to-sleep.ars. _______________________________________________
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I can tell you one thing for sure:

It won't work, for a myriad of reasons.

I worked in TV broadcast engineering for decades, I repeat:

Why am I not surprised the idea came from California?

It Won't Work !

Thanks for the pointer though, my former co-workers will no doubt get a huge 
laugh out of this.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org


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