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Post by dave on Mar 4, 2015 6:21:57 GMT -5
Back to Netflix, I have a lot of trouble hearing what I call "Hollywood audio," that is the sound portion of major films. I don't have the same problem with normal television programming, so I don't believe it is an equipment problem here.
Therefore, I've come to depend upon the so called "closed captioning." I can get the captioning fine with Netflix on my PC, where I mostly watch Netflix, but when Mrs. Dave and I find mutual interest in a particular and want to watch it on our Sony TV, we cannot seem to get the captioning. i suspect it's because our network device is the Sony Bravia system.
If anyone out there has had any success with closed captioning using Sony Bravia, please tell me how you did it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 10:46:47 GMT -5
Well God is good. I just had TMC cable installed for internet and this baby is singing. Can't get over how fast the web pages load. My dialup was getting so slow that it was taking me 10 minutes just to get to Clipper's Corner.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 4, 2015 12:46:37 GMT -5
For someone that enjoys the internet such as you and I do Alan, high speed cable internet is almost a necessity. I spend several hours a day on the computer, and I have never had dial up. I am amazed by the speed with which web pages pop up with my high speed internet connection. As I have said many times before, I am very limited in my knowledge of computer workings, but I had also noticed that when I upgraded to this new computer about a year ago, that it loads things much faster than my older E-machine did. It is almost instantaneous. Especially since the technician that ridded me of the viruses, also eliminated a lot of "start up issues" that were slowing it down. I guess there were a lot of unnecessary things on here that were taking time to load every time I booted the machine up.
Enjoy your new cable internet connection. I hope it will be so enjoyable that you will spend more time on here and that it will bring you endless hours of pleasure.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Mar 4, 2015 13:45:38 GMT -5
Back to Netflix, I have a lot of trouble hearing what I call "Hollywood audio," that is the sound portion of major films. I don't have the same problem with normal television programming, so I don't believe it is an equipment problem here. Therefore, I've come to depend upon the so called "closed captioning." I can get the captioning fine with Netflix on my PC, where I mostly watch Netflix, but when Mrs. Dave and I find mutual interest in a particular and want to watch it on our Sony TV, we cannot seem to get the captioning. i suspect it's because our network device is the Sony Bravia system. If anyone out there has had any success with closed captioning using Sony Bravia, please tell me how you did it. I have no experience with Bravia/Netflix/closed captioning but I did find this on a SONY Forum community.sony.com/t5/Internet-TV/How-can-I-get-Closed-Captions-on-netflix-streaming-shows-on-my/td-p/40987 |
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Post by dave on Mar 4, 2015 21:51:20 GMT -5
Thanks, CB. Yes, I had seen that. The trouble is when I press the options button, I don't get the audio or captioning choices. Other comments I have seen on line lead me to believe that the Bravia does not have the firmware to handle captioning on Netflix, but one never knows. If I thought I could solve the problem by replacing the Bravia (which came with the TV) with a cheap Internet termination device like a roku, I would.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 15:32:00 GMT -5
For someone that enjoys the internet such as you and I do Alan, high speed cable internet is almost a necessity. I spend several hours a day on the computer, and I have never had dial up. I am amazed by the speed with which web pages pop up with my high speed internet connection. As I have said many times before, I am very limited in my knowledge of computer workings, but I had also noticed that when I upgraded to this new computer about a year ago, that it loads things much faster than my older E-machine did. It is almost instantaneous. Especially since the technician that ridded me of the viruses, also eliminated a lot of "start up issues" that were slowing it down. I guess there were a lot of unnecessary things on here that were taking time to load every time I booted the machine up. Enjoy your new cable internet connection. I hope it will be so enjoyable that you will spend more time on here and that it will bring you endless hours of pleasure. I bought TWC I made a mistake. This is just so fast. When I think of how much time I am saving it floors me. I also can't believe that I would actually wait 10 minutes or so for a web page to load so I could read it. I noticed that I was beginning to swear to myself first thing in the morning and realized that God would not want that so I ditched AOL Dial up for $11.99/month which I had from 1990 something. Now we are both happy! |
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Post by chris on Mar 30, 2015 16:53:49 GMT -5
I was in the process just today of starting to sign up for Netflix (got as far as credit card
# ) then I backed out. Still on the fence. I just want to watch my House of Cards with out having to wait for the next available version to come out on DVD.
I would only be able to watch on my PC or Tablet or iPod. I read that TV is the best to watch it on but I don't believe I have a Smart TV. At the time I was buying my TV I had the choice but didn't think I would be using it so why spend a couple more $100. Now thinking maybe I should because I think that is where TV seems to be heading.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Mar 30, 2015 18:24:01 GMT -5
I was in the process just today of starting to sign up for Netflix (got as far as credit card # ) then I backed out. Still on the fence. I just want to watch my House of Cards with out having to wait for the next available version to come out on DVD. I would only be able to watch on my PC or Tablet or iPod. I read that TV is the best to watch it on but I don't believe I have a Smart TV. At the time I was buying my TV I had the choice but didn't think I would be using it so why spend a couple more $100. Now thinking maybe I should because I think that is where TV seems to be heading. You don't really need a smart TV. There are other options. There are devices from Google, Amazon, Roku and others which connect to you internet and plug into the TV. Prices start at $35. I got started watching Netflix when my kids got me a Google Chromecast. Chromecast accesses a lot of free services plus things like Netflix and Hulu Plus which require paid subscriptions. I've considered dumping TW digital and going with Netflix and Hulu but I watch a fair amount of on-demand and my grandkids make a lot of use of TW so it is not practical for me at this time. |
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Post by dave on Mar 30, 2015 20:54:05 GMT -5
In fact, a smart tv may not really work all that well as a solution. As usual in this business, it depends. I have a SONY and the network element on it (for streaming) is called Bravia. Turns out it will not handle close captioning from Netflix. This is not a great hardship for me since I tend to watch most of my Netflix on my PC which is fine with Netflix closed captioning.
I need closed captioning because of the terrible Hollywood audio and poor actor enunciation and writers' plot twists I have to go back and look at when I say to myself, "What the hell just happened?" Or maybe I'm just getting old.
CB is right, you can find a solution cheap these days. And I think Ralph has tried all of them ... Roku, blue tooth, etc.
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