Re: Harmonizer question?

RichL expounded in news:0YKdnVR4e71AWP7UnZ2dnUVZ_sjinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Charmed Snark <snark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When we had small children, it was such a pain when movies
switched to commercials. TVs should really include a audio
compressor for that situation. You'd turn the program up
so you could hear the wispered lines in a movie and then
be blasted by a highly compressed series of commercials.

The reason the commercials are so loud in the first place is that they
*are* compressed more than the programmed material.

Yep, what a pain that is. But with a compressor
included in the TV, you could turn the overall volume down
because the quiet program material would be louder (thus
levelling things out).

On the other hand, modern remotes have mute buttons -- for a reason!

Absolutely. Our kids came along before the IR remote
controls did, however. So call me bitter. ;-)

Snark.
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