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The TV Volume Paradox

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The TV Volume Paradox

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  1. anonymous says:

    I understand the annoyance, but what’s the paradox?

  2. a nom nom ous says:

    the cake is a lie

  3. fiddels says:

    Number 4 made my year.

  4. buh says:

    Especially effective if you have a cheap dishwasher that sounds like it’s trying to take off – so you crank the volume on the tv to hear the plot. Then the dishwasher takes that break between cycles at exactly the instant the loud embarassing scene comes on.

    Moreso if you live in an apartment. God only knows what the neighbours think.

  5. Billy Mays says:

    “Hi, Billy Mays here…”

  6. Me :D says:

    This graph is null and void. Modern TV shows do not have plot.

  7. Andy B says:

    Right, modern TV shows did not have plot. Now we’re postmodern, and they finally do.

    “Hogan!” “Gilligan!” “Samantha!” “Jeannie!”

  8. GammaPaladin says:

    This graph is fail… Commercials are always louder than the actual content. Always. Especially on the cable networks like TNT and AMC… I regularly have to make 10db adjustments to the volume on my receiver when the commercials come on :(

    • Jeff P says:

      The mute button is your friend.

      BTW, any TV network people reading this, or people looking to advertise on TV: I don’t always mute commercials. But I will do it without fail when you make them twice as loud as the show. You make them louder, I don’t listen at all.

    • Orzo says:

      Get yourself a good flatscreen that has sound adjustment built in – it actually keeps the volume at a specific level – so that when a loud annoying commercial comes on, the volume is lowered to the level you had it at while watching your programme.

      • Mathiusdragoon says:

        Thank god they have that technology now. It isn’t just the commercials. Changing from one channel to the next is a crapshoot in volume levels.

      • GammaPaladin says:

        I’m sorry, but you actually use the speakers on your tv? I have a 6.1 surround sound system for a reason you know. Yes, 6.1. I’m aware it’s outdated, but it’s a THX certified receiver and I don’t really feel like dropping the cash to get a new one considering the one I have is awesome.

        • Jeff P says:

          I use the built in speakers on my 20″ CRT with built in VCR.

          If someone wants to mail me their old “crappy” low end HDTV, that would be fine.

  9. yes says:

    so dum lol

    lrn3paradox

  10. Lurking Grue says:

    This is why I keep subtitles enabled.

  11. Z says:

    You forgot about commercials being equal to a supernova.

  12. evildave says:

    You forgot ‘HEARING AID’ commercials.

    Those go 1/4 volume.

    • thestashattacked says:

      Actually, my stepdad is an audiologist, and fits loads of people with hearing aids. There’s a marketing reason for this.

      If the sound goes down, the viewers tend to think that their hearing really is bad. This makes them go to an audiologist and get a hearing aid.

      Unfortunately, it backfires a lot because the volume of everything else goes way up.

  13. SonicGTR says:

    Closed captioning is your friend. Very helpful when you live between a auxiliary Navy airstrip, a Marine base and a local airport.

  14. Jessica says:

    Just FYI, strip joints and dance clubs really are that loud.


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