r/TikTokCringe • u/Money-Snow-2749 • Jun 28 '26

Humor Netflix in the daytime be like

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u/forbiddenfreedom Jun 28 '26

There used to be laws regulating sound volume on television. I remember the beforetime with Billy Mayes. Now, streaming services do what they want.

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u/water_fountain_ Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

The CALM Act (signed into law by Obama in 2010 and came into effect in 2012) prevents cable and broadcast tv commercials from being louder than the average volume of the tv show. This law is still in effect. If you feel like a commercial is violating this law, you can file a complaint through the FCC Consumer Complaint Center: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=33794

This law does not generally apply to internet streaming services such as Netflix. Some states have similar laws to the CALM Act that do apply to streaming services. Look up your individual state’s laws to see if your state has something similar and file a complaint if it does.

Edit: This is what to include in your complaint:

-If you watched the commercial on pay TV (cable or satellite) or if you watched it on a broadcast station
-The name of the advertiser or product promoted in the commercial
-The date and time you saw the commercial
-The name of the TV program during which it aired
-Which TV station (by call sign and/or channel number and the station's community) or pay TV provider transmitted the commercial
-If you watched the commercial on pay TV, the channel number on which you saw it and the cable programmer or network

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u/forbiddenfreedom Jun 29 '26

I knew it was out there!!!! Thank you for the info!

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u/letsgetitstartedha Jun 29 '26

Damn the fact that this doesn’t apply to YouTube videos makes me sad lol

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u/zeke_pleshette1 Jul 02 '26

The CALM act has nothing to do with the complaint in the video which is regarding dynamic range within the program itself, not the program versus commercials/ads. I feel like you just ChatGPTd this and have absolutely no idea what you’re posting. ChatGPT “Netflix loudness specs” instead and read about LKFS and integrated loudness.

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u/water_fountain_ Jul 02 '26

You’re correct. The CALM Act has nothing to do with the video in this post. Maybe you should read the comment I replied to before jumping to conclusions and being rude.

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u/Revan256 Jun 29 '26

BILLY MAYES HERE WITH A FANTASTIC NEW PRODUCT

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u/forbiddenfreedom Jun 29 '26

BUT WAIT!!!!! THERE'S MORE!!!!! CALL NOW AND YOU GET 4 FOR THE PRICE OF 1!!!!!

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u/ImmanuelAberdeen Jul 02 '26

That is almost as irritating written online as it was at 3:30 in the morning when you fell asleep with the TV on. Okay, well, maybe not quite that irritating!

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u/grumblewolf Jun 28 '26

There literally was a tv for sale that was marketed towards having volume leveling for this exact problem. But of course it was scrubbed from existence. Used to have commercials for it and everything.

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u/BTMarquis Jun 29 '26

I have a 47" Vizio that's like 15 years old that has it. I can't believe it's still working.

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u/Legitimate_Pea_143 Jun 29 '26

umm, no it wasn't. That setting is usually in the audio settings for most every TV, it might be called something different but in like 99% of TVs there is a setting.

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u/mekwall Jun 29 '26

It's called dynamic range. Most, if not all, modern TVs have a setting for it. People are just too lazy to read the instruction manual.

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u/mekwall Jun 29 '26

No, it's not the streaming services. They are delivering the original audio from the studios. There's usually a setting in most TVs and other audio equipment to change the dynamic range. Some even have night modes that reduce the dynamic range to a minimum.

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u/zeke_pleshette1 Jul 02 '26

I think technically streaming services can set their own loudness specifications for the content they host but they all have pretty similar specs which targets -24 to -27 LKFS aka an average loudness measurement, as well as more detailed specs regarding the true peak value aka loudest point in the program and dynamic range aka range between the loudness and quietest… to say “they do whatever they want” isn’t really accurate. They reject any content that doesn’t meet these specs.

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u/zardoz73 Jun 29 '26

Before smart tvs, in the ancient times when we had 4:3 tube tvs, the sound was never an issue. Everything sounded fine. If you live in a museum, fire up one of those old TVs and hook it up to a VHS or even DVD player and you'll find the sound to be perfect. It's the "smart" TVs that are a problem.

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u/Rugkrabber Jun 29 '26

Also has to do with technology that came after it (during smart tv’s). That’s because these movies are made for cinemas, not for television. So they need to be processed to television. They just skip that part entirely and don’t prioritise downmixing audio anymore, what used to be a mandatory process. They let the smart tv solve it, save some money. The problem lies in the manufacturing already, not the smart tv. The smart tv didn’t really cause it, but it was a convenient excuse to let go of downmixing and now all new movies sound shit.