[Petersweeney]

Someone should start a petition to prohibit advertisers from increasing volume during commercial break especially on YouTube, so annoying…..

[36Aday]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Am I the only one starting to use Sub-Titles during certain TV shows & movies.

Foreign Accents are killing me.

You're not alone. Additionally many shows sound like mumbling.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

am i the only one starting to use sub-titles during certain tv shows & movies.

Foreign accents are killing me.

the british make great series and use them to torment us as payback for 1776. Shakespeare coining it " lend me your
ears" was only the beginning.
However
i now use the captioning button not only as a universal translator device ( sorry spock) but also to be able to wade through awful american english dialogue and scene dialogues in american shows.
Watching the foreign cartel movies is now a breeze.

[GOLFER54]

Some folks find that sub-titles are very annoying, they can take a while to get used to them. I put them on everything I watch, even the DVD’s I have, and I’m surprised that I didn’t hear the first time I watched them without the words, all that I was missing.

[thevillages2013]

Closed caption on a live program can be pretty confusing or pretty funny sometimes

[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Am I the only one starting to use Sub-Titles during certain TV shows & movies.

Foreign Accents are killing me.

Either talking too fast, heavily accented, sounds like chewing gum, over talking each other, etc. Even worse is that the captioning is delayed so far behind the spoken word or doesn’t even agree with what is being said.

[GaryKoca]

We use closed captioning on everything.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Am I the only one starting to use Sub-Titles during certain TV shows & movies.

Foreign Accents are killing me.

These days I keep subtitles on most of the time. Of course, many of the shows I watch on Netflix these days are in Korean, Spanish, Japanese, Danish, and Russian. (Try the terrific “Servant of the People” on Netflix, starring Ukrainian President Zelensky, if you want to know what Ukraine was really like before the Russian invasion. It’s in Russian, not Ukrainian.) I also needed the subtitles at times last weekend to understand Andy Griffith in his 1957 movie “A Face in the Crowd.” Isn’t it great to have subtitles available?

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Am I the only one starting to use Sub-Titles during certain TV shows & movies.

Foreign Accents are killing me.

These days I keep subtitles on most of the time. Of course, many of the shows I watch on Netflix these days are in Korean, Spanish, Japanese, Danish, and Russian. (Try the terrific “Servant of the People” on Netflix, starring Ukrainian President Zelensky, if you want to know what Ukraine was really like before the Russian invasion. It’s in Russian, not Ukrainian.) I also needed the subtitles at times last weekend to understand Andy Griffith in his 1957 movie “A Face in the Crowd.” Isn’t it great to have subtitles available?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Petersweeney

Someone should start a petition to prohibit advertisers from increasing volume during commercial break especially on YouTube, so annoying…..

There is already an FCC law, the CALM Act, that applies to most programming except live streaming services.

[Doro22]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Sometimes, if I cannot understand a word or phrase, I will rewind, turn on the closed captioning, and replay. On the Xfinity remote, you just press the down arrow and select CC.

Thanks! I had forgotten about doing that. The other day I asked my Hubble if we could replay the dialogue in slow motion. I like watching Jeopardy…but many of the younger generation talk fast & blur their words together. My ears are getting ancient. It’s frustrating when one can’t comprehend the correct answer. Oh BTW…Ken J. speaks way too fast. Seems like he’s in a race. Mayim is an excellent host. She speaks clearly, & seems to have an abundance of humor & personality plus. Nice to see her back this week.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

On my XFinity remote I just say “ turn on closed captions”.

Or you can simply say “CC” to turn it on and “CC” again to turn it off ….

Just the letters, nothing else….

[DrHitch]

The difficulty in comprehending the dialog on TV is multi-faceted

Start with hardware. New flat LCD TVs have poor speakers facing backwards. Get a sound bar.

Some shows have actors that mumble or accents making it tough to understand. Use closed captions or write to the producers

Commercials have higher volume. This was supposed to be FCC regulated years ago, but nothing has been done.

[DrHitch]

The difficulty in comprehending the dialog on TV is multi-faceted

Start with hardware. New flat LCD TVs have poor speakers facing backwards. Get a sound bar.

Some shows have actors that mumble or accents making it tough to understand. Use closed captions or write to the producers

Commercials have higher volume. This was supposed to be FCC regulated years ago, but nothing has been done.

[DrHitch]

The difficulty in comprehending the dialog on TV is multi-faceted

Start with hardware. New flat LCD TVs have poor speakers facing backwards. Get a sound bar.

Some shows have actors that mumble or accents making it tough to understand. Use closed captions or write to the producers

Commercials have higher volume. This was supposed to be FCC regulated years ago, but nothing has been done.