tom169

Finally after some pressure joined the Game of Thrones train.

It's ok.

Perth

Pretty good, although Tim Roth mumbles a lot and I miss great swaths of conversation (remember Jamaica Inn?) Will continue to watch though with the volume turned up and hope my lip reading skills improve.

Rete

Watched all six episodes of "The Crown" on Netflix and while it was somewhat entertaining and educational for an American, I found that I would have loved to have seen HRH divorce Phillip, the lying, cheating sob. Felt like a damn soap opera at some points.

Rete

I'm currently enjoying the series with former "Lady Mary" from Downton Abbey called "Good Behavior". Quite a good actor as I was pleasantly surprised to discover.

mrken30

I had the same problem so I enabled subtitles

Steerpike

Rob Lowe - I still can't get over his performance in 'Parks and Recreation'! I'll watch anything with him in it now.

Steerpike

My g/f is almost totally deaf, so uses subtitles (closed captions). I've learned to appreciate them greatly, even though I have the hearing of a bat!

Rete

Standard feature on my set as I'm profoundly hearing impaired. Not only does it catch the words, it usually tells the sound effects and actions, i.e. laughter, sigh, sniffle.

Off note, does the gf have the captioncall phone from the federal government? It is free and great to have.

Philk

Thanks for the tip - I put them on for last nights episode ( Rillington Place) just for Mr Roth and it helped a lot
( and the occasional chuckle when the titles showed Baby Gurgles, Door Opens, Sniffing )

mrken30

Started to watch SLUM BRITAIN: 50 YEARS ON on Channel 5 , bit sad and depressing, but informative on the current state of the UK's poor

Steerpike

Not only descriptive bits like sounds and actions, but also, sometimes, composer and similar info ("Bach's concerto #3 plays in the background"). We heard some awesome music in a movie once, seemingly uncredited, but identified by the closed captions.

I haven't heard any mention of 'captioncall'; I'm passing on this info now. From what I'm reading just now, the captioning is done by a live person who listens in on the call. If you have had experience with this, do they come online almost immediately? My g/f does long conference calls currently using skype with lots of technical content (she's a programmer); will they stay involved on a long call? I presume the 'listener' stays totally in the background and is not apparent to any other party?

Steerpike

There were 10 episodes ... maybe you fell asleep through some ?

I found it very educational as a Brit - I knew little about Churchill and Eden, and the inner workings of 10 Downing St, and next to nothing about the royal family and the control exerted by the likes of Lascelles. I also felt quite sympathetic towards Phillip - not because of the 'name' thing, but because he was essentially reduced to nothing.

Steerpike

How many episodes / series so far? I've watches all of them, multiple times, and still feel it's one of the best things I've ever seen.

livinginnyc

Sour Grapes on Netflix,

Documentary on how a guy managed to scam a ton of wine 'aficionados' (read: ultra pretentious) men out of big money with fake wine.

Was actually really good!

Rete

I have the phone right here next my computer and I use it all the time. Yes, the hookup is immediate and captioning will continue the entire time and honestly, you never know that anyone is there. You never know that there is someone there transcribing your call. If I have a long conversation with say my daughter, after about 20 minutes the captions indicate that another operator has taken over. The phone has everything that your regular phone has, contact list, save conversation function, etc.

It is a wonderful program, free of charge, from the FCC. Someone comes to your home, hooks up the phone, makes sure the initial setup is correct, instructs you on how to use it and off they go.