I'm depressed...

[Banjo]

I think the best option is to invest in a STB (Set-Top Box) that you can put next to your television. We used to have these in the 80s before they started installing them into our television sets as required by the law.

It's incredibly difficult to find one that is designed for the HDTV displays here in North America while it's easily available in Australia. They do have CC decoders in other countries because they don't install them in the television sets since it's not required by law. You can buy it with a CC decoder built in but it'll cost you more.

Nobody said life was fair.

 

[peternagy]

You can look at the titles they have to offer so far. They are announcing more and more Blu-ray releases on a near-daily basis. There's even a report saying that Fox is going to release around 50 titles in the fourth quarter alone (Sept-Dec).

Blu-ray.com - Blu-ray Movies

Thanks for the info. Remember, I don't buy movies, just rent them. I don't have the need to collect movies. Yeah, I know about renting from Netflix but I am not interested. I believe they charge monthly for unlimited movies but I don't watch enough movies each month.

Peter

 

[restless_heart]

I think the best option is to invest in a STB (Set-Top Box) that you can put next to your television. We used to have these in the 80s before they started installing them into our television sets as required by the law.

It's incredibly difficult to find one that is designed for the HDTV displays here in North America while it's easily available in Australia. They do have CC decoders in other countries because they don't install them in the television sets since it's not required by law. You can buy it with a CC decoder built in but it'll cost you more.

Nobody said life was fair.

I still have one, rarely used. I kept it for no reason...since I had four TV with CC in it but I still kept the CC box.

 

[Audiofuzzy]

I still have one, rarely used. I kept it for no reason...since I had four TV with CC in it but I still kept the CC box.

hold on it.
someday it will be valuable antique. you may not benefit from it simply getting older - but maybe your great-great-great somebody will

I gave mine away when they started making TV with CC because I lost it's remote control.
someone didn't mind plugging it via video recorder and then use video remote control to change channels.
you had to turn on the TV, the CC, the video - all at once, lol.

Thanks again Banjo. No, life is not fair

Fuzzy

 

[Silentwolfdog]

I think I understand from your blog. The problem I have with it is that with light bright background I can't see the print at all.
Call me old fashioned but I need black board with white print.

I aprecciate Banjo your trying to enlighten me but I am a simpleton and I want to plug in TV, plug in DVD, and have CC, that's all.

Fuzzy

Man! I thought I was only one that think the same way you did. More I tried to research this more headaches I got. I just hate the idea that for each movie I got to turn SDH on and I did not like the design of SDH at all. But seem like we are out of luck though.

I agree with you, I don't understand why we have to go through more complex process just to watch tv with captioning of some kind. It should be like volume for hearing folks, simple and ready for them to use. We got to buy stuff or change stuff to make sure we can watch it with quality we want.

I am not looking forward for the day I have to buy HDTV and blu-ray DVD and stuff that you need for subtitles/captioning. Ughh...More I see issues that arise with CC more I am glad for older tv even if picture is not pretty. I used to be picky over this but not anymore. I guess I've just learned to settle for less.

 

[Audiofuzzy]

I agree with you, I don't understand why we have to go through more complex process just to watch tv with captioning of some kind. It should be like volume for hearing folks, simple and ready for them to use. We got to buy stuff or change stuff to make sure we can watch it with quality we want.

You got it! You said it so much better than me.

I am not looking forward for the day I have to buy HDTV and blu-ray DVD and stuff that you need for subtitles/captioning.

My point exactly... and for lesser captions, at that.
I agree wholeheartedly - this is too much hassle and CC quality seem to be worse.
I just want to buy TV, turn it on, and enjoy my good CC. Same with DVD.

And I don't want MOSTLY readable captions - I want ALWAYS and WELL readable captions. Who are those dummies who come up with new CC ideas? I doubt they are deaf.


I am suprised nobody seem to be protesting as much as I am.

Fuzzy

 

[sequoias]

I agree with you, I don't understand why we have to go through more complex process just to watch tv with captioning of some kind. It should be like volume for hearing folks, simple and ready for them to use. We got to buy stuff or change stuff to make sure we can watch it with quality we want.

Well said!