HDTV messes up service for deaf

Capmeister said:
It is. Their latest software push to that HD DVR said "closed captioning polishing" and I'm thinking... man, where? It works so well!

The only thing I want is an easy way to turn it off quickly when my silly hearie friends are watching TV and my brother isn't. It "distracts" them. Feh. I miss it when it's gone.
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Oh piffle! Tell them to suck it up...
 
Miss-Delectable said:
Oh piffle! Tell them to suck it up...
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No, I see no reason to be rude to my friends if I don't NEED closed captioning. When my brother is watching, it stays on--since he does need it--and they would never ask while he's watching.

What's dumb is that one of these friends has some moderate hearing loss in one ear and might some day need CC. I told him he should get used to it... but he doesn't want to. ::shrug::
 
I planned to get a small flat-screen TV (about 15 or 20-inch) for my university apartment. I thought a LCD TV would be lightweight and easy to carry home on the bus (kind of like the weight and size of a laptop computer box), or am I wrong?

That is why this thread interested me. I'll have just basic cable, no cable box or anything (besides DirectTV is not available in Canada). Will I be able to have captioning like I do on my regular "chunky TV?"

I guess I will check out at the store and see if it the CC works. Anyone have any suggestions which LCD TVs are trouble-free per the captioning?
 
I have a problem on HDTV with DVD. When there is DVD movie without CC support but only subtitle. It's unfortunately, the widescreen wouldn't do great with HDTV in overscan or 16:9 (display mode) to fit. The subtitle appear half miss.
 
I have access to an LCD HDTV and there's no problems with CC it just looks a bit different than what I'm used to.

Richard
 
I already knew it and warned last year to AllDeaf and I got bashed at. Now, look who is talking?

The real problem is that HDTV is 100% digital, and that is completely different than most older model TV which uses 100% analog. Those captions were designed with Analog in mind. So that is why it may take a while for captioner to upgrade their system and at the same time manufacturer may have to compromise with the captioner to get it compatible with each other.
 
lemontree said:
I planned to get a small flat-screen TV (about 15 or 20-inch) for my university apartment. I thought a LCD TV would be lightweight and easy to carry home on the bus (kind of like the weight and size of a laptop computer box), or am I wrong?

That is why this thread interested me. I'll have just basic cable, no cable box or anything (besides DirectTV is not available in Canada). Will I be able to have captioning like I do on my regular "chunky TV?"

I guess I will check out at the store and see if it the CC works. Anyone have any suggestions which LCD TVs are trouble-free per the captioning?
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If a television has a tuner (NTSC or ATSC) it must have closed captioning. I've not seen one without unless it's a MONITOR. Meaning--no tuner, just like an HDTV-READY monitor.

So long as it can tune channels from over the air or cable, it should be okay.
 
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