Month: November 2015

How to Reduce Noise Inside Your Apartment

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Let’s say you’ve been saving up for months for the perfect entertainment center, complete with widescreen TV and surround sound speakers. It’s everything you dreamed of for watching your favorite action movies and music videos. The only problem? Your neighbor is close enough to hear every last sound effect. Avoid strained relationships with your neighbors by following these tips to reduce the noise that emanates from your apartment:

Use Textiles

Fabric is surprisingly effective when it comes to muffling the sound inside your apartment:

  • Invest in a few wall hangings and tapestries to cover any bare walls in your apartment. This will help reduce the way sound travels.
  • Don’t forget about windows, either. Glass is an excellent conductor for noise, so block out loud sounds using heavy curtains or drapes. You can also keep a thick quilt on-hand as a temporary solution when you plan to pump up the volume.
  • Hardwood floors are another nuisance for apartment dwellers. Use carpet to prevent sound from traveling directly to your downstairs neighbors. If your landlord won’t allow apartment modifications, you can get creative with area rugs for a similar effect.

Try Sound Panels

For heavy-duty noise, try foam or fabric sound panels. These can be placed over the loudest part of a room to help block noise. Though they’re typically used in industrial settings, you can try disguising the panels using tapestries, or hiding them behind objects to make them less noticeable.

With your apartment properly soundproofed, you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite movies and TV shows without worry. For everything else needed to complete your home entertainment needs, shop the products offered by ReplacementRemotes.com. We carry universal remotes for household appliances, operating manuals, and more. View our selection online, or call 1-855-5-REMOTE to place an order.

How to Find Your Favorite Songs from TV

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If you’ve struggled in the past to find the name of a song on your favorite episode of Scandal, or asked everyone you know to identify the artist singing in Verizon’s latest spot, you can now rest easy. These days, there are many resources available to find out the details of your favorite songs from TV:

  • Shazam: Shazam offers revolutionary song-identification technology for a range of smart devices. The company’s apps can “listen” to a song to identify its “audio fingerprint,” and then match the fingerprint to a database of several million songs. The user is provided with full track information, including artist name, song title, album, link to download the song or watch the video, and more.
  • TuneFind: Whereas Shazam can analyze music on the radio, in commercials, at stores, and beyond, TuneFind only allows users to locate the titles of songs used in TV shows and movies. To find songs, users must search the database on TuneFind.com. The benefit of using TuneFind is that your hunt for a song doesn’t have to be in real-time, which is how Shazam’s “listening” feature works.
  • AdTunes: Love a song in the new iPhone commercial but can’t figure out who the artist is? AdTunes is a forum-based site listing commonly heard songs from commercials, movie trailers, and more. Users can locate their favorite songs by posting questions to a robust community of music lovers. Forums are organized by source to make it easy to tell if another user already asked about the song that’s been stuck in your head for days.

Check back here each week for more helpful hints to make the most of your TV viewing experience. On our blog, we share fun facts about your favorite television shows, maintenance tips, and articles about the products carried at ReplacementRemotes.com. Our store offers TV remotes for purchase, parts, operating manuals, and more to complete all your home entertainment needs. Shop our selection online, or call 1-855-5-REMOTE to place an order.