No Peggy, I don't think you are getting old, just fed up with sloppiness!

Me too. I wish, the commercials wouldn't get louder either. And the hair!!!! Run a comb through it!

Moni

We have an anchor woman here...you may know her if you watch football! She does the weather during the games I think.
She is a bit trashy dressing.....and so in love with herself. I can't watch her....she makes me cringe!

You can't do anything about the changes in volume levels as programming content changes. The station engineer has some control, but he would be fiddling with the controls all the time.

It seems that the problem is with the advertizers. They do not adhere to modulation standards and like it when their recording studios pump up the volume on their clips - in other words - it was recorded that way!

Here in the States, we sometimes have a little recourse by complaning to the station manager and sending a copy to the company whose ads are offenders. People have threatened to boycott stations ccarrying such obnoxious ads. It also helps to complain to the licensing authority.
If you still get no attention, it may help to tip off an investigative newspaper reporter. Just make sure that the TV station and newspaper are not owned by the same company.

In the inttrim, there is a work-around and that is to hit the mute button on your remote when an ad comes on, then hit mute again when you desire to resume watching. This saves wear on the volume control knob. [However, most volume controls on modern TV sets these days are digital and do not have a physical potentiometer to wear out.]

Another solution is to record the show and play it back later. Use the fast forward to skip over the ads. You'll find that you wiil save a lot of time.

mcpeg, I have been admitting that I must be getting old too, but let me tell you that it usually depends on with whom I around the most. :) Another reason why I like "really" old people. But I have been seriously considering cancelling my cable. Not much of anything that captures my attention for more than 5 minutes except local news, old movies and sirius classical music. IMHO most shows are just junk. Still have'nt made decision to cancel yet. What am I to do with 2 nice TVs? And don't even get me started abt the original promise of commercial-free cable !

Stay well and warm.
Jan

The volume problem is in the news studio, not talking about commercials at all. However the microphones are set up, the presenters sound pleasant one minute and then the next their voices blare at you. It's hard on my delicate ears and extremely annoying.

I've been whining about the volume discrepancy for ages. I sleep with the TV on very low, it's soothing to me and I can't sleep without it, but anywhere from 2 to 4 a.m. on almost every channel the informercials start and wake me up because the volume is about 10 times that of the shows I fell asleep watching.