There should be stricter control over the volumes of TV commercials

"Television is still popular hence there aren't too many advertisements" "OK I agree with the fact that TV is still popular." Wherefore, the volume of ads is tolerable. o Just because TV is popular does not mean that the volume of ads is tolerable. Certain ads are at a great volume but some ads are very loud or very sudden which can startle the viewer. Another analogy is that just because using your car to get to work is extremely important to you, does not mean that you will tolerate drunk drivers that could disrupt your driving experience. This issue is so severe in fact that some companies are implementing technology to keep volume levels balanced. [1] "As far as I know, this has been the standard for quite a while, which disproves my opponent's claim that 'there aren't too many advertisements'." By what standard are you measuring ? By yours, obviously but what if we measured by my standard ? Clearly we would have the opposite conclusion. So what standard shall we apply ? The standard of the average viewer himself "OK I agree with the fact that TV is still popular.". The viewer may complain but he still likes the TV enough to find the volumes of advertisements tolerable. o By "standard", I mean that almost all TV shows that I have watched in North America give programs 22 minutes of their own run time and the remaining 8 minutes in the total 30-minute time slot is taken up by commercials. As for the viewer finding the levels of volume tolerable, please read my analogy in paragraph/rebuttal 1 of this round. "Business" and "It makes people aware of many different products" "OK so businesses want to get their message out to the TV-viewing public using ads." to "This should be regulated so that the level of sound is kept relatively steady throughout the entire program." A: Previous Argument B: How would you enforce this ? Please provide links for the sake of being realistic. o I have stated several times that just because a business wants to advertise their product/service, it does not mean the business should have a right to use really loud volume levels in their commercials. What I mean by this is that if a person's TV volume is set at 25% which is comfortable for them, the commercial should not go to the equivalent of 50-75% just to get their product "out there". We would enforce this by ensuring that businesses (or whoever else wants the commercial to be aired on TV) does not use loud, sudden music. Surely the TV station reviews the ads before airing them on TV. There should be a panel of say, 20 people of varying age, gender, etc. to decide if the volume levels of the commercial are acceptable or not using a vote system, eg. if more than 15 people agree the volume is acceptable then the commercial should be aired. Another solution would be to install the technology in products such as the one shown in link [1] in all satellite/cable boxes. "Keeps TV alive" A: Same as previously o Please see other arguments. Reasons for implementing these regulations: - Does not distract the viewer(s) as much as if the volume levels are unregulated as they are now - Less complaints to the TV networks which wastes less money for them - Less people are annoyed/irritated by the loud noise levels, therefore they are more keen on buying the actual products. I know some people (such as myself) that keep their hands on the volume control, ready to lower the volume as soon as the TV commercials start. If this was not necessary for us, we could watch the commercials worry-free. [1] http://www.amazon.com...