TV Commercials - Ur Not Doing It Rite

[dr_phil_physics]

Huh?

Twice now on ESPN, I've seen commercials for Capitol One which had the music and sound effects track, but not the human audio tracks. WTF? First one was the 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea giant squid, the second was Armadillo Man.

One sounds like a mistake. Two seems like a problem.

Doesn't anyone check these things anymore?

Dr. Phil

Comments

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

I saw that on ABC... quite a few commercials--Capitol One, Allstate, Dr. Pepper, AT&T, Verizon--had no voice-over track. All the sound effects, backgrounds, and incidental music was there, but no primary voices. I'm guessing that means some kind of mixing error at WZZM with commercials that are designed to go out as HD, and I'm seeing them in the analog over-the-air version.

My guess anyway. Mixing error of some kind, certainly.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's a multiple-tracks issue. But don't people ever check what's going on over the air anymore? (grin)

The DTV/HDTV conversion is not going nearly as smoothly as they'd have you believe. TV may, in fact, be too sensitive not to keep it analog. (yikes!)

Dr. Phil

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was a multiple tracks/channels type issue.

And I'm equally sure it's not going that smoothly. ;) But I'll be picking up a converter box for my bunny ears soon, so I'll see how the over-the-air stuff is going.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

There is, of course, some debate as to whether or not regular bunny ears will work. (grin)

Dr. Phil

[wendyb-09.livejournal.com]

I have a digital tv & traditional bunny ears, no cable or dish. I can tell a difference, however slight, between having the ears on and oriented as opposed to not using the ears. However, as I live in the flight path of a small airport, the ears are not strong enough to filter out aircraft or other large vehicle interference and I get quite a lot of blockage from time to time.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Yes, but are they aftermarket bunny ears or are they the ones attached to your digital-ready TV?

Dr. Phil

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Well, I picked up one of the converters. And it works with my bunny ears. Mostly. :)

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

How many channels are you getting? Do you get a "full house" of the so-called broadcast networks? (grin)

Dr. Phil

[steve-buchheit.livejournal.com]

Most of those switching things are automated these days and run on clocks. So nobody is really watching them anymore.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Of course. Which is my point. The networks aren't even watching their signal. So much for quality control.

Though I will say, that in my hearing/viewing, I did not see or hear even one campaign commercial on radio or TV after Election Day. Whew.

Dr. Phil