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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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
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
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.
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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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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.
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