FIFA won't ban vuvuzelas from World Cup
rawmeat @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:32 am
MORE COWBELL!!!
EyeBrock @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:39 am
These noisy tubes are quite annoying. South Africa should remember that football is the worlds game.
Chill out with the noisy frigging trumpet things and watch the bloody game!
Make noise afterwards. England fans will help you out with the drinking and fighting aspects of football.
QBall @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:15 am
Apparently there's a way to manipulate the audio on your TV to reduce the sound of the vuvuzela drone from coming through your speakers.
http://www.640toronto.com/Channels/Reg/ ... id=1240683
$1:
The vuvuzela's blast has been compared to the cry of an angry elephant and can generate an awesome 144 decibels - a level humans rarely encounter outside war zones - when blown in unison by a crowd.
Three easy steps to eradicating the vuvuzela noise:
1. Enter the sound settings for your TV, find the equaliser.
2. Drop the 300Hz channel (which Samsung TVs have, second from left), and raise the adjacent levels.
3. Save as a custom set-up (if you can).
It doesn't remove the vuvuzela noise completely but it does make a significant difference. It will also affect the commentary, making the voices not as full bodied. The settings should work on most TVs where you can make changes to the sound levels in this way.
Three easy steps to eradicating the vuvuzela noise:
1. Enter the sound settings for your TV, find the equaliser.
2. Drop the 300Hz channel (which Samsung TVs have, second from left), and raise the adjacent levels.
3. Save as a custom set-up (if you can).
It doesn't remove the vuvuzela noise completely but it does make a significant difference. It will also affect the commentary, making the voices not as full bodied. The settings should work on most TVs where you can make changes to the sound levels in this way.
Haven't tried it myself yet. Maybe someone can give it a try and see if it works.
BartSimpson @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:25 am
sandorski sandorski:
It is constant, but not annoying.
Unlike yourself who is constantly annoying.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist such a great set-up!)
Lemmy @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:56 am
Maybe when FIFA learns that TV veiwership will be WAY down, that people don't want an abnoxious din beamed into their homes, they'll crack down on it. If I were a CEO and had paid millions of dollars to run commercials during the tournament, I'd be PISSED that FIFA isn't going to stop this noise. I know lots of die-hard football nuts who aren't tuning in (or are muting their sets) specifically because of the background noise.
canuckns @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:04 am
Lemmy Lemmy:
Maybe when FIFA learns that TV veiwership will be WAY down, that people don't want an abnoxious din beamed into their homes, they'll crack down on it. If I were a CEO and had paid millions of dollars to run commercials during the tournament, I'd be PISSED that FIFA isn't going to stop this noise. I know lots of die-hard football nuts who aren't tuning in (or are muting their sets) specifically because of the background noise.
I tried to watch a couple matches this weekend. was able to handle about 3 minutes of the buzzing bees before I had to turn it off. I thought at first that the speakers on my TV and gone bad.
If they want to do it when the South African team is playing then fine thats thier thing, but doing it during every match is annoying the shit outta me. I just won't watch the matches. Turning the sound down won't work for me either because I am doing other things and am listening more then watching.
Brenda @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:31 am
I read in the Dutch paper that the NOS (Dutch broadcasting corporation) has turned the stadium sound down, so the viewers are less annoyed by the sounds. Why can't every broadcasting corporation do that?
xerxes @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:33 am
It's. Tricky because those horns are in B and C range which is right around that of normal human speech.
Zipperfish @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:35 am
Same as Hardly--I can't stand the noise and end uyp switching off the voolume. Not that I'm missing much--soccer commentary isn't that great, but they do have inspired moments of derision and sarcasm!
To me, the issue is the soundproofing for the commentators. They have to practically yell into their mics.
SprCForr @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:49 pm
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
"Hitler, has only got one ball......"
Goering has two, but very small...
2Cdo @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:59 pm
Sorry, but soccer, or football is as exciting as watching paint dry! With or without annoying plastic horns. 
2Cdo @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:02 pm
Also, what the f*ck is with the name vuvezelas? Sounds like something the little whos from whoville wish to get at Christmas!
EyeBrock @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:23 pm
SprCForr SprCForr:
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
"Hitler, has only got one ball......"
Goering has two, but very small...
His mother, cut off the other....
SprCForr @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:53 pm
Many different versions to that little ditty. 
sandorski @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:56 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
sandorski sandorski:
It is constant, but not annoying.
Unlike yourself who is constantly annoying.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist such a great set-up!)