[mythtv-users] CALM Act in US

[Johnny]

> But the problem is not solvable, too many factors are involved

One of the good things about the legislation is that they don't
actually dictate how this is to be done. They use fairly general
language and give a mandate to the FCC to come up with a good way to
actually accomplish it. You may be technically right that this problem
isn't completely solvable. For one there is nothing really being done
now. So at a minimum there things could improve.

My back ground is in signal processing and I believe there has been a
lot of advancements recently that will make this largely solvable.
Some of my colleagues have done a lot of work on modeling and
processing signals for hearing aids. They have a pretty rich
understanding of precisely what affects human perception of sound and
its properties and a good understanding of how to manipulate that in
precise ways. So I don't think a technically solution is infeasible.
Also one can assume much of this is deliberate on the advertisers
part, so the right sort of pressure could discourage them from
creating this problem in the first place (we can hope right?).