"Night" mode for tvs..

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).

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.