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Posted by RL on 05/31/06 12:41
The problem is not that the writer of the closed captions is using
shorter phrases than the ones the characters speak.
Perhaps I didn't make it clear in my original post, but some words and
phrases that appear in the closed captions when I watch a given movie
directly on TV will be missing when I record the very same movie on a
DVD-RW disc and then play back the recording.
Thus, my DVD recorder, or the DVD-RW disc, is dropping some words and
phrases that do exist in the closed captioning.
What I am trying to determine is whether this is a function of (i)
which model or brand of DVD recorder is used to make the recording,
(ii) which type of DVD recorder is used (mine records only on DVD-RW
and DVD-R discs), (iii) how the DVD-RW disc is formatted (mine were
formatted as DVD-RW(VR), but I plan to also try DVD-RW(V), or (iv)
perhaps some other factor, such as a general limitation on the ability
of existing DVD technology to faithfully reproduce closed captions on
DVD recordings.
While the captions that do come through on my DVD recordings are
generally sufficient for me to understand what is going on (I am
slightly hard of hearing), if I felt that another model or type of DVD
recorder would do a better job with closed captions, I might return
the Samsung and try another brand.
Robert Lawrence
On Tue, 30 May 2006 20:49:04 -0400, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>Tue, 30 May 2006 17:05:55 -0400 from RL <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.net>:
>> When I record a program from TV on a DVD-RW disc and then play it back
>> (with my TV set to display closed captions), the closed captions
>> generally display OK, but I notice that occasionally a word or phrase
>> is missing from the captions.
>
>It's quite usual for whoever writes the closed captions to use
>shorter phrases than the ones the characters speak.
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