"Night" mode for tvs..

[Hmmm]

So I was watching tv the other night, with people sleeping in rooms nearby,
thinking, why can not there be a audio compressor on the tv.. Compressor
that would cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds..

Because as it was, the advertisements and movie had a different audio
level --) every time advertisements came on I had to fiddle with the
volume..

Are there tvs with this feature?

Antti

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Hmmm wrote:

So I was watching tv the other night, with people sleeping in rooms nearby,
thinking, why can not there be a audio compressor on the tv.. Compressor
that would cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds..

Because as it was, the advertisements and movie had a different audio
level --) every time advertisements came on I had to fiddle with the
volume..

Are there tvs with this feature?

Magnavox has something called 'Smart Sound'. I think this is what it is
intended to do (compress the audio dynamic range).

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[Keith Williams]

In article <cseqm2$hu6$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>,
REMOVEantti.luode@kolumbus.fi says...

So I was watching tv the other night, with people sleeping in rooms nearby,
thinking, why can not there be a audio compressor on the tv.. Compressor
that would cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds..

Because as it was, the advertisements and movie had a different audio
level --) every time advertisements came on I had to fiddle with the
volume..

Are there tvs with this feature?

My Pioneer AV Reveiver has a "midnight viewing", or some such, mode
intended to do this. Dunno how it works since I just set it up
yesterday and haven't figured out all the gizmos (or how to get *any*
sound out of the TV/cable box, for that matter).

--
Keith

 

[Don Lancaster]

Mark Jones wrote:

Hmmm wrote:
So I was watching tv the other night, with people sleeping in rooms nearby,
thinking, why can not there be a audio compressor on the tv.. Compressor
that would cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds..

Because as it was, the advertisements and movie had a different audio
level --) every time advertisements came on I had to fiddle with the
volume..

Are there tvs with this feature?

Antti



No but there is a phone number you can call to complain to your local
television provider. The advertisers purposely crank up their volume
so you *HAVE* to listen to them. About as annoying as spam and
telemarketers, if you ask me.

-- "Boku wa Ikari Shinji desu." MCJ 200402

Um, I think you have it backwards.

"cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds.." is
what makes the commercials LOUDER.

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[Mark Jones]

Don Lancaster wrote:

Mark Jones wrote:

Hmmm wrote:

So I was watching tv the other night, with people sleeping in rooms nearby,
thinking, why can not there be a audio compressor on the tv.. Compressor
that would cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds..

Because as it was, the advertisements and movie had a different audio
level --) every time advertisements came on I had to fiddle with the
volume..

Are there tvs with this feature?

Antti



No but there is a phone number you can call to complain to your local
television provider. The advertisers purposely crank up their volume
so you *HAVE* to listen to them. About as annoying as spam and
telemarketers, if you ask me.

-- "Boku wa Ikari Shinji desu." MCJ 200402



Um, I think you have it backwards.

"cap the sounds to a certain limit while boosting the low sounds.." is
what makes the commercials LOUDER.

Perhaps, versa-vice. An intelligent limiter is all that is needed
really, something like a PI controller for sound. I've seen so many
requests for these, it's a wonder someone isn't making something. You
don't want to compress all the dynamic range anyways, just attenuate
any excessive RMS. Then the "volume" control actually controls what
sounds like the peak volume limit, not a simple baseline amplitude
where the programming content can vary wildly.

Nice eBay page, btw... it's like a garage sale with nothing but
engineering goodies - nerd nervana!

p.s. be aware another email is circulating which looks like it is
from eBay stating "update your account information within 48 hours."
Of course, this is coming from europe and is someone collecting your info.