[astrohip]

This survey is to get a general feel for how many of us use captions. I've noticed more & more caption talk over the last few months. A few years ago, it was a rare thread that mentioned captions in any way. Now it's fairly common. I don't know if this is because we're getting older and can't hear worth a d*mn, or whether mumbling has become a new art form.

Regardless of why, vote! And feel free to comment if you like . . .

 

[brnscofrnld]

I only ever turn them on when my Grandfather comes over to the house and we are watching something other then a sporting event.

 

[JustAllie]

Occasionally.

The most common times are when the show is, say, British (strong accents), when the characters speak too fast, or when I'm working out and the exercise machines are making too much noise.

 

[bicker]

My wife is hearing impaired. 'nuf sed'

 

[jtlytle]

I'm deaf in both ears.

 

[ZeoTiVo]

you forgot the category for "when the judge is annoying: like the middle woman judge on "So you think you can dance"

 

[wmcbrine]

I use them occasionally. My mother, who is not deaf or even hard of hearing, leaves them on all the time.

 

[Ruth]

Yep! I have it set to caption upon mute, so whenever I have trouble understanding something (not infrequent as I have some hearing problems) I press mute and then instant replay so I get the captions on the part I missed. Works great. :up:

 

[swinca]

One of my TVs is set to show captions when muted. I didn't do that on my newer TVs. Maybe I never figured out how.

 

[Ruth]

One of my TVs is set to show captions when muted. I didn't do that on my newer TVs. Maybe I never figured out how.

On my TV there is a menu for audio options where you can set this.

 

[Uncle Briggs]

Last season I used them on Lost and Battlestar

 

[megazone]

While I've watched subtitled anime and foreign films for decades, I tend to find Closed Caption highly annoying because of the 1980s style text on back background crap. Some of that is controllable on the Series3, especially on digital channels using Digital CC, but it just isn't up to par for me. And since I can hear just fine, I don't use them. I also tend to do other things while watching TV, like catching up online, so I'm more likely to be listening and NOT looking at the screen than I am to be looking and not listening.

 

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

Yep! I have it set to caption upon mute, so whenever I have trouble understanding something (not infrequent as I have some hearing problems) I press mute and then instant replay so I get the captions on the part I missed. Works great. :up:

+1 to what Ruth said.

 

[kaszeta]

Right now my only TVs are actually monitors, so they don't have CC decoding capability (or remote controls, for that matter).

 

[sakura panda]

Occasionally. If someone mumbles something that I think I want to know, or when the room is noisy, because I don't like turning up the TV sound to cover some other loud sound.

--Katie

 

[Bierboy]

Good poll, Astro....I use CC on every show I watch EXCEPT sporting events (same as brnscofrnld). And I am, what I would consider (!), moderately hard of hearing.

 

[retired_guy]

I use them a lot. In fact, for about everything other than sporting events. Five years ago I rarely used closed captions. I recently had my hearing checked and found that I had light to moderate hearing loss, which my doctor said was typical for my age (72). He expects future generations will have even more hearing loss due to the proliferation of audio devices such as the iPod.

 

[rhuntington3]

Whenever dialog is difficult to understand.

 

[smithken31100]

My TV is not capable of showing closed captions so I never use them.

 

[Murdock]

I'm currently learning Spanish. I watch alot of Spanish Programming with Spanish subtitles when available.