https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/...
https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/television...
So it blows you away while ads run and you don't understand any word of the movie.
Don't worry, we also do this in the US.
They increase the volume of the adverts in comparison to the show. Often it is not subtle. Aside from the abysmal and declining information density of TV, it's a key reason I've not had antenna/cable for almost two decades now. The big screen is just a big monitor.
Of course, as you mention, they can just peg the sound levels in across all frequency bands on all tracks in the ad, and yes, it does sound louder that way.
Of course, if they actually want to get people's attention so they try to listen, they should whisper.
> In Soviet Russia, you watch TV. In modern world, TV watches you.
found this using andisearch which was linked around yesterday. It's a sony patent, and it has a person say "McDonald's!" to end a McDonald's ad on a TV.
> Proximity Alert allows you to set an adequate viewing distance for your child and displays an overlay notification if they get too close to the TV.2
Let's not talk about how strong my glasses prescription is, some decades later lol.
The other day at midnight I was woken up by an Amber Alert for a somewhat nearby town. It's not possible to disable these notifications in this country, as far as I know.
custom ROMs can work around that.
In an ideal world, broadcasters would use this data to become aware of which ads are so loathsome that they drive away viewers.
Ad revenue is a win. But if a particular ad (more than others) causes people to leave the room or change channels, the following ads will get less views, and that could be a loss.
If you actually know when that happens, you could charge advertisers extra if their commercials are too annoying. Or just not even air those ads.
They need to go down.
Microsoft's Kinect, the always-on 3D camera/mic that could have been used to read people's facial expressions while watching ads. I'm glad it failed.
Google speakers which have a microphone array they use to measure the shape and size of your room. Definitely only for acoustic purposes of course...
And some people pay money for that, which makes me fear this might become standard in all kinds of devices. Those things aren't even that great in terms of features. In movies like "I, robot" the machine overlords were at least useful for cooking.
I guess large swaths of people never actually read 1984.
So you think having a camera on the TV is worse than having a device with a camera and a bunch of others sensors with you at all times?
Orwell couldn't imagine a portable device, so obviously it's the TVs with cameras that are bad... not any of the actual devices used for mass survelliance.
Being weary of TVs with cameras does not proclude me from beating weary of phones. I very much am.