Recent content by CCman

If you had any Blu-ray discs with CC, you could do the same with them as well. See my reply #36 above.

Indeed it seems you are correct. Bottom line, the CC will be visible. I think the solution they came up with is kind of crazy, but it can certainly work. I wonder, on the media side, will they require all discs to contain closed captions as well? Not many Blu-ray movies have CC.

Well, its not so simple an answer as that. The point is that a HD TV already has a CC decoder for over-the-air broadcasts. If a mechanism was available to carry the same CC data over the HDMI link, in theory there would be little or no additional cost, just additional firmware to re-route the...

Yes, I understand that will work. It just doesn't seem to be the simplest solution. While HDMI doesn't have CC defined, it would be almost trivial to add CC to the specification. Especially when you consider all the other interfaces that they've added over the past few years - 3D video, CEC...

I've read just a little about this, and need to do more research. But, I think they are not going to add CC to the HDMI interface, which in my opinion would be the easiest solution (with one possible problem, below). Instead, it looks to me that each and every source will decode and overlay CC...

I haven't read the new rules. I wonder, though, will it really require a CC decoder? Or will the be able to comply because they can display subtitles already? That seems to be the trend, at least with regard to CC over HDMI.

Ah, Mr. CrazyPaul, I misread your question. Neither of these players has a built-in CC decoder. In fact, I've never seen any player, DVD nor Bluray, which did that (although I've heard rumors of one DVD player in the distant past). The players I posted above simply transmit the CC data found...

SAMSUNG BD-C5500 SONY BDP-S360 Both of these are no longer sold, but if you check the respective websites it looks like both have a follow-on model in the same family (BD-C6500 and BDP-S390). I have three Bluray discs with closed captioning: "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" "League of...

I have three Samsung and two Sony Bluray players. I'll send the model numbers later when I get to the office. But these are about two year old models and may not be available. As far as movies. Just look for the CC logo. But there aren't many.

You are correct from a practical viewpoint. However, technically speaking, there ARE Bluray players which generate CC (line 21) and Bluray discs which contain CC (line 21). I use them in my lab and for production testing quite often. The problems are (a) like DVD players, not all Bluray...

You can check where the decoding is being done by operating the TV menus (if you can find the remote control anymore!). From the TV, turn captions on and off, and see if it has any effect. If not, then the captioning is being decoded at the convertor box not the TV. I don't know how big a...

Beachgirl: Well, I can think of some possibilities, but I'm puzzled how you are using your older non-HDTV set using over-the-air signals. I was under the impression that all analog broadcasting has stopped. Perhaps you have a converter box on that set? One possibility is that one or both...

kawika38: first, "composite" is short-hand for "composite video", which is the technical term used to describe the standard analog video. You will probably recognize it as the cable with yellow-colored RCA- or phono- jacks on each end. Frequenly it is found in a three-cable bundle carring...

whatdidyousay: we also have noticed some captioning delays with the NBC network, now that you mentioned it. It doesn't seem to be related to Dish. Even when the receiver is "behaving" and line 21 captions are otherwise perfect, they still seem to be delayed on NBC programming. We even...

coolguy, I think you misunderstood my question, that is, I'm asking if anyone has had problems with the captioning coming from the COMPOSITE video output from certain Dish receivers. I'm well aware of the various issues using HDMI connections and captioning (I'm design engineer for an HDMI...