Tony Nuttall
I have heard some tosh when it comes to Loudness Monitoring, Loudness Monitoring Computer Systems, etc. etc. etc. In this wonder-us world that is equated with the present Sound Delivery System for Broadcast TV Audio with its ingests and pre-prescribed norms etc. etc. Why is it when I sit at home for my pre-prescribed viewing, I have to sit with my finger on the Sound Level of my Remote not only on programme content but on programme inserts, network junctions, channel changes etc. etc.?
Would it be a better solution that programmes are only made for computers to appreciate?
Or do I have the wrong type of ears for the modern type of Broadcast TV experience? They seem to work fine with my radio and with my Film going experience.
Dave Plowman
Why indeed. I can listen to R4 all day and never need to alter the level.
On BBC1, for example, I’ve measured the newsreader on the London local news which follows the national News being 10dB louder (on occasion) – although no need to measure it as you can plainly hear that sort of difference. More than enough to make you reach for the remote.
It’s also not uncommon to have a level difference between the HD and SD service on progs which haven’t been made in surround.
Alasdair Lawrance
I agree wholeheartedly about having a finger on the remote, and like so much of the teknikals in my life, “it doesn’t actually effing work!”
A simple example – if I e-mail a company from its website, I have no record of what I have written when, unless they deign to reply. I would like a copy to be deposited in my Sent folder, but that apparently is completely impossible.
Unless somebody out there knows better…?
It seems most beta testing takes place on an unsuspecting public – and that’s another thing!
John Nottage
I just copy/paste anything like that into a blank text file, before I click "Send", then I have a record of what I have sent. That said, I don’t always remember… Alternatively, you can do it the other way round: compose your email in a text window, then once you’re happy with what you’ve written, copy it to the website email form and send.
Dave Plowman
If it is an email, copy and paste the address to your normal email prog and post from there? Mine keeps a copy of every email I send.
But some of these website contact thingies might not actually be an email?
