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Depends on how crappy the sound mixing is. I find I need it a lot for Doctor Who. I never would have gotten the references to the previous Doctors in the recent episode without it.
I've never needed it for Squidbillies, though. That show is awesomer than hell! I don't need no fancified device what makescha hear better, ya dum suma *****!
Might not be any. My Dad uses CC most of the time, but especially for British TV series/movies. He gets everything from Netflix. If he gets the DVDs, they have CC/titles he can use, but not the ones that are instantly available.
Well re: Amazon instant -- since I posted the earlier post I have discovered that some shows/movies do seem to have a captioning option after all. There just aren't very many, compared to Netflix titles. Netflix seems to offer it on most titles, the only ones that don't have the option are usually older productions.
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Depends on how crappy the sound mixing is. I find I need it a lot for Doctor Who. I never would have gotten the references to the previous Doctors in the recent episode without it.
I've never needed it for Squidbillies, though. That show is awesomer than hell! I don't need no fancified device what makescha hear better, ya dum suma *****!
The Doctor does tend to speak very quickly when he is all excited. I had more trouble with understanding David Tennant though, vs Matt Smith but perhaps it's because tennant is Scottish. Now I am off to look up "Squidbillies".
I turn on the caption when British programs are on PBS. I also watch Lifetime movies with the captions on to see if the movie was made in Canada, which uses some British spellings (Labour, centre, etc.)
I turn the CC on at the gym (the cardio machines have little individual TVs attached to them) so I can listen to music but 'read' the news while I'm working out.
I have it on all the time. I don't have the best memory for figuring out how to turn it on an off so I just leave it on.
I have it on because so many actors, when 'emoting' in dramatic moments, lower their voice or whisper and the genius's in Hollywood don' bother to correct for it so you can both get the emoting and hear what they are saying.
It is behind a lot which is annoying but I'm not reading it most of the time. It is usually helpful at those low volume moments.
it keeps me reading
that way I can understand those who speak English with a thick accent
so that I can still watch tv, but keep the volume down on the TV (for various reasons)
I have cc for nearly everything I can, including television. One reason is that I really can't stand loud noises. I feel like a lot of times, the audio for speech isn't right, but the other noises are too loud and they irritate me. (yes, I've adjusted my set) Secondly, I think I'm having hearing problems because sounds in the high or low range aren't audible to me anymore. I miss things. So CC is good. Plus, I watch a lot of British shows with accents. So it's always on. Lots of people think I'm weird, but I like it.
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I had more trouble with understanding David Tennant though, vs Matt Smith but perhaps it's because tennant is Scottish. Now I am off to look up "Squidbillies".
