Subtitles in Letterbox
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There are plenty BDs that have subtitles above lower black bar thus the subs is in the picture frame,this will get most advantage of cinemascope screen.The studios support ths issue are FOX UNIVERSAL PARAMOUNTwith DREAMWORK LUCAS'S FILM.SONY and WARNER should change the subtitles issue like most of studios,just my humble opinion.
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Personally, it wrecks my head having the subs in the bar area. I'd rather have it in the image everytime. Ooooooooh, controversy!!!
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This is one of Blu-ray's disappointments to me. This is supposed to be the next generation format, yet we're still stuck with standardized subtitles.
There's no reason that viewers shouldn't have control of both subtitle font size and placement. The needs of someone watching a movie on a 42" screen vary from one watching on a 120" screen, yet they're both stuck with the same subtitle presentation.
It's sad that they're not taking advantage of the format the way they could on most (if not all) titles.
Scott
There's no reason that viewers shouldn't have control of both subtitle font size and placement. The needs of someone watching a movie on a 42" screen vary from one watching on a 120" screen, yet they're both stuck with the same subtitle presentation.
It's sad that they're not taking advantage of the format the way they could on most (if not all) titles.
Scott
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Are we talking about subtitles that were part of the theatrical presentation of a film (eg, foreign languages being translated within an English-language film), or about encoded titles (eg, English subtitles for a foreign-language film)?
IMO, the former should be left alone while the latter should be user-controllable.
IMO, the former should be left alone while the latter should be user-controllable.
Blu-ray is a step backward from DVDs in this regard. There are DVD players, (e.g. Samsung EzyView and Theater Tek sw player) capable of repositioning subtitles. However, so-called protected video path of blu-ray does not allow the manufactures to interfere with the video path and reposition raster-image based subtitles (unless BDA/Sony develops certified code to achieve this). The movable ascii based subs do not work consistently on all blu-ray players (probably due to some screw-up in the BD-J subtitle specs). Therefore Studios do not use ascii based subs.
It is really a shame on the developers of blu-ray specs that this trivial issue of subtitle repositioning ended up like this.
This impacts millions of zoomers/blackbar-haters in non-English-speaking countries and I do not understand the reasons that BDA/Sony and Studios do not solve this major issue.
Passive movie watching is a proven business for decades. The major focus of the Studios should be to provide best movie watching experience to everybody and shift people to watch more movies rather than them reading magazines or watch sports. It appears that they have lost the focus on the main game and concentrating on trivial aspects such as BD-Live!
Blu-ray is a step backward from DVDs in this regard. There are DVD players, (e.g. Samsung EzyView and Theater Tek sw player) capable of repositioning subtitles. However, so-called protected video path of blu-ray does not allow the manufactures to interfere with the video path and reposition raster-image based subtitles (unless BDA/Sony develops certified code to achieve this). The movable ascii based subs do not work consistently on all blu-ray players (probably due to some screw-up in the BD-J subtitle specs). Therefore Studios do not use ascii based subs.
It is really a shame on the developers of blu-ray specs that this trivial issue of subtitle repositioning ended up like this.
This impacts millions of zoomers/blackbar-haters in non-English-speaking countries and I do not understand the reasons that BDA/Sony and Studios do not solve this major issue.
Passive movie watching is a proven business for decades. The major focus of the Studios should be to provide best movie watching experience to everybody and shift people to watch more movies rather than them reading magazines or watch sports. It appears that they have lost the focus on the main game and concentrating on trivial aspects such as BD-Live!
Top man, i hope the list grows
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SUBTITLES IN PICTURE
Death Race BD
Fearless HD-DVD
The Incredible Hulk (2008) BD
Iron Man BD
Kill Bill Vol 1 BD
Kill Bill Vol 2 BD
Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor BD
Rambo (2008) BD
Star Wars: A New Hope DVD
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi DVD
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace DVD
Transformers BD
U-571 BD
SUBTITLES NOT IN PICTURE
30 Days Of Night BD
CJ7 BD
Curse of the Golden Flower BD
Day Watch BD
Hancock BD - The subs are absolutely not important. It is a very short scene at the beginning.
The Hidden Fortress Criterion Collection DVD
House of Flying Daggers BD
Kung Fu Hustle BD
La Femme Nikita BD
Letters from Iwo Jima BD
Flash Point (HK import) BD
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (French import) BD
The Professionals BD
Youth Without Youth BD
Top man, i hope the list grows
SUBTITLES IN PICTURE
Death Race BD
Fearless HD-DVD
The Incredible Hulk (2008) BD
Iron Man BD
Kill Bill Vol 1 BD
Kill Bill Vol 2 BD
Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor BD
Rambo (2008) BD
Star Wars: A New Hope DVD
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi DVD
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace DVD
Transformers BD
U-571 BD
SUBTITLES NOT IN PICTURE
30 Days Of Night BD
CJ7 BD
Curse of the Golden Flower BD
Day Watch BD
Hancock BD - The subs are absolutely not important. It is a very short scene at the beginning.
The Hidden Fortress Criterion Collection DVD
House of Flying Daggers BD
Kung Fu Hustle BD
La Femme Nikita BD
Letters from Iwo Jima BD
Flash Point (HK import) BD
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (French import) BD
The Professionals BD
Youth Without Youth BD
Just a reminder, please help us list the movies with subs in/out of the picture.
Thanks
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1102888
Just a reminder, please help us list the movies with subs in/out of the picture.
Thanks
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Anybody else prefer white subtitles as opposed to yellow?
Pretty much any foreign film from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment puts the subtitles in the bottom letterbox bar of the 2.40:1 frame (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, 2046). I use mattes to cover the black bars and the practice of putting subtitles below the picture area pisses me off.
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I still have 2 Samsung upconverting SD players that have the 'EZ View' feature as part of my scope setup for watching foreign language films. There are several foreign BD's that I've held back on purchasing because of the subtitle issue: 'Black Box', 'La Femme Nikita' (not interested in the english dubbed audio track), and 'Shinobi', to name a few. Thank God that 'The Orphanage' is the rare BD title that does have the entire subs within the image area.
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Yes. I'm watching The Last Exile on DVD at the moment, and the yellow subs are like a moth to a flame.
Yes. I'm watching The Last Exile on DVD at the moment, and the yellow subs are like a moth to a flame.
Wish to find out whether you are watching long foreign movies with subtitles.
When watching blackbar subtitles for a moderate length of time, it becomes tiring and difficult to concentrate on the movie and start reading subtitles rather than watching the movie. When the subs are within the frame it is seamless and could read subtitles without moving eyes outside the picture frame and subtitles become an integral part of the movie/picture. If subtitles are read only for short durations it is hard to understand this problem.
Blackbar-subtitles is a nightmare of the blackbar haters because subtitles appears on the black void which shouldn't be there as it is not part of the movie. Unfortunately Sony and WB do not understand this.
Wish to find out whether you are watching long foreign movies with subtitles.
When watching blackbar subtitles for a moderate length of time, it becomes tiring and difficult to concentrate on the movie and start reading subtitles rather than watching the movie. When the subs are within the frame it is seamless and could read subtitles without moving eyes outside the picture frame and subtitles become an integral part of the movie/picture. If subtitles are read only for short durations it is hard to understand this problem.
Blackbar-subtitles is a nightmare of the blackbar haters because subtitles appears on the black void which shouldn't be there as it is not part of the movie. Unfortunately Sony and WB do not understand this.
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