Band of Brothers' problem... :(

[Gujski]

loved the series on HBO, now i'm reading the book...Very good

 

[Paulson]

are the DVD's in Dolby digital or dts? Because they were showing them on HBO again and they weren't in dolby digital (and I for one thought they certainly would be)

Thanks.

 

[slycat]

whats the difference between CC and Subtitles?
So, if no English subtitles i still can get English text through CC?...how do i enable it?
on the TV?...its set on CC 1 i think...howw??!?!!

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: slycat
whats the difference between CC and Subtitles?
So, if no English subtitles i still can get English text through CC?...how do i enable it?
on the TV?...its set on CC 1 i think...howw??!?!!

cc is for deaf people. subtitles are for people that speak another language.

 

[GasX]

was your version made by someguy with a handheld digicam sitting in front of his big screen tv?

 

[Spooner]

Band of Brothers is next on my Netflix queue.

Currently on CSI: Season 1

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Paulson
are the DVD's in Dolby digital or dts? Because they were showing them on HBO again and they weren't in dolby digital (and I for one thought they certainly would be)

Thanks.

The DVDs come with English DD 5.1, English DTS 5.1, English DD 2.0, Spanish DD 2.0, French DD 2.0 and a DD 2.0 commentary track

I believe the showings on HBO-HD are in DD 5.1

 

[slycat]

cc is for deaf people. subtitles are for people that speak another language.

erm...so?...i mean they both show the text on screen right?...how do i enable CC?
whenever i need text at bottom of screen, i've always gone to Subtitles menu and click on English.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: slycat

cc is for deaf people. subtitles are for people that speak another language.

erm...so?...i mean they both show the text on screen right?...how do i enable CC?
whenever i need text at bottom of screen, i've always gone to Subtitles menu and click on English.

Both your DVD player and TV shoud have the ability to enable CC. Pick which ever one works for you. It should be CC1. Remember that it will not appear suddenly. It takes a second or two to kick in. If it's not CC1, try the other settings.

 

[amnesiac]

Err WTF. I've watched the series twice, once on my home theater and another time on a dinky ass TV with too much bass. I had no trouble understanding anything said at any time, and I'm 20% deaf in my left ear.

Maybe you need better speakers?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: slycat
whats the difference between CC and Subtitles?
So, if no English subtitles i still can get English text through CC?...how do i enable it?
on the TV?...its set on CC 1 i think...howw??!?!!

cc is for deaf people. subtitles are for people that speak another language.

in theory

well cc is encoded on the edge of a tv picture. you know.. the overscan. it gets decoded by the tv and is sorta ugly because it uses the tv font and ussually has a black background blocking picture.

subs are nicer, they are just a file with buncha bmps of letters that the dvd player superimposes ontop of the picture. so no icky background etc. plus, you can choose different subs. i think you can only have one cc since its encoded into the signal.

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Paulson
are the DVD's in Dolby digital or dts? Because they were showing them on HBO again and they weren't in dolby digital (and I for one thought they certainly would be)

Thanks.

The DVDs come with English DD 5.1, English DTS 5.1, English DD 2.0, Spanish DD 2.0, French DD 2.0 and a DD 2.0 commentary track

I believe the showings on HBO-HD are in DD 5.1

It wasn't when they were airing it one night just recently...

that's why I was puzzled... oh well

 

[slycat]

Both your DVD player and TV shoud have the ability to enable CC. Pick which ever one works for you. It should be CC1. Remember that it will not appear suddenly. It takes a second or two to kick in. If it's not CC1, try the other settings.

i just tried..dunno why no-go.
dvd player says CC= ON
TV CC set to CC1, tried 2, 3, 4, Text1, Text2...all nothing...cannot understand

 

[silverpig]

Also, make sure you pick the correct sound track on the DVD. If you don't have a centre channel speaker (like my dad's old surround system), then you won't get any of that sound (mostly speech). Try watching it in the DD 2.0 to see if that helps.

 

[pulse8]

I watched the original broadcast and never had a problem understanding anyone.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Rogue9
Hmm... gunfire and explosions obscuring the speech. How horrible...

I personally think it's the best WW2 series out there.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: dwell

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder

Originally posted by: dwell
WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION PRIVATE PILE!?!?!

Wrong movie. Good quote though.

Yeah but David Schwimmer was a pussy-ass drill sgt.

He wasn't a DI. Those men had already been through basic.

 

[QTArrhythmic]

Originally posted by: slycat
This set of 'movies' are really hard to understand..would it have killed them to
put ENGLISH subtitles ?...Among all the explosions, accents, etc...we could hardly make out
what everyone was talking...bits and pieces here and there...not enjoying the movie because of this...realy lame.
Really bummed out... Just finished 1st dvd and starting on second...almost totally lost
i wonder if the VHS ver would have the english subtitles :disgust:

do you have hearing problems?

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: Citrix
English subtitles? why would you want that when they speak english???

LMAO.

umm...i don't see anything wrong in that....i always watch my dvd's w/ english subs.......sometimes i miss a lot of dialogue...that's just me.....it's just way better to understand it that way...and that sucks that the dvd didn't come w/ english subs....i mean, vhs's come w/ cc's....

not if you have your sound system properly setup and calibrated. I have not had a problem hearing the center channel dialogue when the series originally aired on HBO HD in Dolby 5.1. I only watched a few episodes, but from what i'm hearing, it was a great series.

 

[Yugar]

It's actually a movie adapted from a biography, and lots of details are omitted, especially some background information.
If you're interested, maybe you can start from the book first.

 

[ultimatebob]

Wow, a sixteen year gap between replies. You would think that our forum software would be smart enough to show a warning before allowing a post like this.