The caption writing has become so bad that it’s hardly worth having them on the screen. I don’t think AI has learned about different accents because every time there’s an accent shift — like on “The Closer” [old TV mystery series about a female police detective from Atlanta who becomes the Chief of Major Crimes in LA] — the text becomes gibberish. If it were a real person typing, I would think that they have their fingers on the wrong row of letters; however, a person doing that wouldn’t do it consistently in every episode.
I can’t read the closed captions fast enough anymore so I don’t try. Makes watching 48 Hours tough when they use closed caption to let you know what the suspect is saying/muttering/slanging. Don’t have any idea what the language challenged person is saying/lying about.
Fortunately for me, one of the friendly people on my route had put a big screen TV out to the curb. I asked about it to be sure, and he said it wasn’t working good but I could have it since he was indeed getting rid of it. I think he’d been having trouble with it due to using it in a damp basement or something, because all I needed to do was find a replacement power cord and it’s worked fine for me. I never cared about the size of my TV but I have enjoyed it and I do sometimes turn on the captions as my hearing is not what it used to be and I haven’t sprung for hearing aids yet.
I need voice assistance for those people who call into radio stations. They’re usually on some sort of device and calling from their car. I don’t have a clue what they’re saying. :)
My TV remote has an “Aspect” button that will enlarge the screen up to 3 times, which is usually pretty helpful. Some sports use very small font in the bottom banner that has the running stats of the games.
We are 18th century reenactors. Part of house is decorated in same. Over the decades I would suggest getting this or that and husband would say no as it would ruin the 18th century look of the living/dining rooms. We had a larger screen analog TV which we bought back in the 1980s when we first got married. It was hidden in an 18th century looking piece of furniture.
We are also major fans of movies – the shared interest was brought us together originally. Weekly, short of a dangerous snow storm, we would go to the movies.
When Covid came along we were having “Saturday date night movie” in our kitchen as the living room TV had not been used in awhile and no longer had a cable connection.
Second or third year of Covid he decided to give in and buy a smallish big screen. So all his carefully curated decorated now has this huge TV sitting in the living room on a Parsons table from Ikea which ruins the entire look of the room (which he would never let me do – had trouble getting a Christmas tree in the room as it was not period correct). So now we have Saturday date night movie and he has added “Friday Night midnight movie” – we used to go to same at the local art cinema when we were dating.
And the entire look of the room as 18th century is gone due to his TV!
Zykoic 9 days ago
Our 14 year old TV is fading but given the caliber of the TV shows, it doesn’t matter….
juicebruce 9 days ago
Small screen TV what about reading the screen on a smart phone ;-)
Pluggergirl 9 days ago
I bought a bigger tv, put away the glasses. Again.
Ichabod Ferguson 9 days ago
I picked up an old Mad magazine and found I couldn’t make out the little cartoons in the margins even with my reading glasses.
GreenT267 9 days ago
The caption writing has become so bad that it’s hardly worth having them on the screen. I don’t think AI has learned about different accents because every time there’s an accent shift — like on “The Closer” [old TV mystery series about a female police detective from Atlanta who becomes the Chief of Major Crimes in LA] — the text becomes gibberish. If it were a real person typing, I would think that they have their fingers on the wrong row of letters; however, a person doing that wouldn’t do it consistently in every episode.
ctolson 9 days ago
I can’t read the closed captions fast enough anymore so I don’t try. Makes watching 48 Hours tough when they use closed caption to let you know what the suspect is saying/muttering/slanging. Don’t have any idea what the language challenged person is saying/lying about.
Irish53 9 days ago
Binocs? Sure Tom
Stodgefinn Premium Member 9 days ago
That’s why we have a 65” tv.
Zen-of-Zinfandel 9 days ago
Some Pluggers wear their coke bottle lenses.
nyssawho13 9 days ago
So true! (Almost!) I hate when so many of the tv shows use texts on cell phones in the plot, can’t read those!
DaBump Premium Member 9 days ago
Fortunately for me, one of the friendly people on my route had put a big screen TV out to the curb. I asked about it to be sure, and he said it wasn’t working good but I could have it since he was indeed getting rid of it. I think he’d been having trouble with it due to using it in a damp basement or something, because all I needed to do was find a replacement power cord and it’s worked fine for me. I never cared about the size of my TV but I have enjoyed it and I do sometimes turn on the captions as my hearing is not what it used to be and I haven’t sprung for hearing aids yet.
ComicsBinger Premium Member 9 days ago
Oh, I have a big screen but I hate when they display a text on a phone or a letter and I have to get up and cross the room to read it.
alkabelis Premium Member 9 days ago
Bought a bigger screen just for that reason but occasionally I still have to pause it and get closer to see it.
car2ner 9 days ago
I went from playing video games on a nice big desktop monitor to a smaller laptop screen. Anything I have to read is a struggle.
the lost wizard 8 days ago
I need voice assistance for those people who call into radio stations. They’re usually on some sort of device and calling from their car. I don’t have a clue what they’re saying. :)
Teto85 Premium Member 8 days ago
Maybe he can change the size of the captions? And we are getting close to the Superb Owl when TVs (and other video stuff) are usually on sale.
CoffeeBob Premium Member 8 days ago
It’s the white on white mouseprint in the medical ads that make me never want to use their products.
NaturLvr 8 days ago
My TV remote has an “Aspect” button that will enlarge the screen up to 3 times, which is usually pretty helpful. Some sports use very small font in the bottom banner that has the running stats of the games.
wildlandwaters 8 days ago
hmm… doesn’t look all that small to me… (oh, wait… I was looking at this with my binoculars… silly me!)
mafastore about 23 hours ago
We are 18th century reenactors. Part of house is decorated in same. Over the decades I would suggest getting this or that and husband would say no as it would ruin the 18th century look of the living/dining rooms. We had a larger screen analog TV which we bought back in the 1980s when we first got married. It was hidden in an 18th century looking piece of furniture.
We are also major fans of movies – the shared interest was brought us together originally. Weekly, short of a dangerous snow storm, we would go to the movies.
When Covid came along we were having “Saturday date night movie” in our kitchen as the living room TV had not been used in awhile and no longer had a cable connection.
Second or third year of Covid he decided to give in and buy a smallish big screen. So all his carefully curated decorated now has this huge TV sitting in the living room on a Parsons table from Ikea which ruins the entire look of the room (which he would never let me do – had trouble getting a Christmas tree in the room as it was not period correct). So now we have Saturday date night movie and he has added “Friday Night midnight movie” – we used to go to same at the local art cinema when we were dating.
And the entire look of the room as 18th century is gone due to his TV!