I realize it's not up there with bringing the corporations back down to earth or stopping illegal immigration, but to anyone who watches TV more than a few minutes a day and particularly after 9:00 PM or so, I feel this is an important step.

Our local cable company, as if regular ads are often loud enough, has their own ads for their different services that run all the time and they are even louder than standard ad volumes, to the point where it's like someone yelling at you.

I cannot count the times I have grabbed the remote as quickly as I can, not only to ease the assault on my hearing, but also so others in the house will not be awakened.. It's the difference between say a Mustang driving by and a fire truck with siren blaring.

Being in radio, I understand your sound quality concerns; my pet peeve is compressed sound on some movies on television.

But given the choice, I will take not having to grab the remote and crank it down, then back up four minutes later, every hour ad nauseum.

I actually watch through the ads, because I know if not for them, it would cost a lot more to get the programs and I appreciate them paying for much of the cost and feel to respect that, I can at least hear what they have to say.

But the volume boosting done by technical people is just way out of line.

Petey Ramone

I realize it's not up there with bringing the corporations back down to earth or stopping illegal immigration, but to anyone who watches TV more than a few minutes a day and particularly after 9:00 PM or so, I feel this is an important step.

Our local cable company, as if regular ads are often loud enough, has their own ads for their different services that run all the time and they are even louder than standard ad volumes, to the point where it's like someone yelling at you.

I cannot count the times I have grabbed the remote as quickly as I can, not only to ease the assault on my hearing, but also so others in the house will not be awakened.. It's the difference between say a Mustang driving by and a fire truck with siren blaring.

Being in radio, I understand your sound quality concerns; my pet peeve is compressed sound on some movies on television.

But given the choice, I will take not having to grab the remote and crank it down, then back up four minutes later, every hour ad nauseum.

I actually watch through the ads, because I know if not for them, it would cost a lot more to get the programs and I appreciate them paying for much of the cost and feel to respect that, I can at least hear what they have to say.

But the volume boosting done by technical people is just way out of line.

Petey Ramone

I realize it's not up there with bringing the corporations back down to earth or stopping illegal immigration, but to anyone who watches TV more than a few minutes a day and particularly after 9:00 PM or so, I feel this is an important step.

Our local cable company, as if regular ads are often loud enough, has their own ads for their different services that run all the time and they are even louder than standard ad volumes, to the point where it's like someone yelling at you.

I cannot count the times I have grabbed the remote as quickly as I can, not only to ease the assault on my hearing, but also so others in the house will not be awakened.. It's the difference between say a Mustang driving by and a fire truck with siren blaring.

Being in radio, I understand your sound quality concerns; my pet peeve is compressed sound on some movies on television.

But given the choice, I will take not having to grab the remote and crank it down, then back up four minutes later, every hour ad nauseum.

I actually watch through the ads, because I know if not for them, it would cost a lot more to get the programs and I appreciate them paying for much of the cost and feel to respect that, I can at least hear what they have to say.

But the volume boosting done by technical people is just way out of line.

Petey Ramone

As for cable boxes, I was recently in Office Depot and noticed how they have a few PCs as small as mine!

But not everyone hates cable. My cable box draws right around 40W, whether on or off so while they shrink (and the cat grows), they keep the warmth that makes them so well loved, and now 24 hours a day, not at TV time.

Oh, I now have regular cable TV, so now I'll understand these comments about the television. My new cable box is the size of a paperback book. I remember when those things looked like small PCs.