Sorry. I didn't see these other replies two days ago. My
email client's interpretation of "sort by Subject" produces
some sequences which continue to mystify me. :-)
Jon Delfin wrote:
Sidebar: Just heard someone on a Food Network show say she
worked in a tapas restaurant. The CC said "topless restaurant."
I like that. Although no examples come to mind at the
moment, there are often some funny captioned interpretations
of dialog in video clips and shows from past decades. E.g.
on Laugh-In and in news stories on "Through the Decades".
I don't blame the captioners, even though I sometimes get a
chuckle out of what they write. After all, can we expect a
millennial to be as familiar with rotary phones, celebrities
from 40-50 years ago, pre-deregulation airlines, pre-breakup
AT&T, etc. as older folks?
And I'm not prepared to turn off captioning. It is often
essential.
E.g. When Colbert and Meyers billboard their next segment
while heading into a commercial break, the combination of
them talking fast and music playing over them, makes what
they say unintelligible to me. Fortunately the captioning
often provides the info that I couldn't get from the audio.
And, when a weather alert interrupts a pgm's audio, often
the captions provide a transcript of the displaced dialog.
On Jul 20, 2017 5:47 AM, "JW" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> The third problem was related to the second. I.e.
> while I had the aspect ratio set to "SQUEEZED", small
text
> on the screen was very difficult to read. Unfortunately,
> "SET FOR LIFE" displayed lots of small text. Compounding
> that, "SET FOR LIFE" often displayed that small text
for a
> relatively short periods of time.
A large part of your problem is that most programs now
assume that the viewer has an HD set, so they're
designed for the wide screen. That's unlikely to get any
better for those of us who still watch in SD.
That probably explains some of the symptoms that I've seen.
But sometimes it is frustratingly inconsistent.
E.g. when I watch Laugh-In, I set the aspect ratio to
"Cropped" because the "Proven Entertainment" versions of
Laugh-In eps (at least as broadcast on Decades) seem to be
pre-squeezed.
But a few minutes later, when "Through the Decades" starts
(on the same channel), I have to change the aspect ratio to
"Squeezed" - otherwise significant parts of the image will
fall outside the width of my TV screen.
Despite all that, I'm still not planning on buying a large
HD TV in order to make all the documentaries on PBS watchable.
I wonder how much overlap there is between the audience for
documentary films and the audience of home viewers who have
old TVs. And I wonder how effectively the buyers for PBS
(and related organizations) are connecting with that
overlapping audience.
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Eddie
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