Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials

[cavegal]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100930/ap_on_en_tv/us_congress_loud_commercials_1

WASHINGTON – Legislation to turn down the volume on loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become la

[true_blood]

This is what Evil Conservative was referring to in one of her posts, I believe.

[Freeper]

You have to be kidding me. The country is in shambles and the Senate is doing this?
I suppose I should be happy they are wasting time instead of passing cap and tax now.

[Ptarmigan]

I don't like loud commercials, but c'mon this is just lame.

[Thor]

I don't like loud commercials, but c'mon this is just lame.

Same here...... why do we need Congress or the Senate to address this?? Lamerz....... 

[Ptarmigan]

Same here...... why do we need Congress or the Senate to address this?? Lamerz....... 

I know there are devices that they lower it. You would think the advertising market would get the message, lower the volume.

[Evil_Conservative]

This is what Evil Conservative was referring to in one of her posts, I believe.

Yes it was!!  lol

I don't like the fact that they want to make it a law though.  Yes, it sucks to hear the loud commercials, but we do not need government stepping in to turn down the televisions.  At least I don't.  It would just be common sense for the station employees, who are in charge of that stuff, to turn it down themselves!

[Alpha Mare]

I have an RCA TV that does it automatically.  They also sell adapters that do it.