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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:26 pm
I believe live closed captioning is done like court reporting - with machines that use shorthand commands, so they don't have to type each and every word. It does take training tho, and input skills, they do have to be very fast!
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:27 pm
All TV's over 13 inches made after 1993 are required to have CC. To get to you closed caption on most TV's go to menu,settings then set up (or whatever the wording is on your TV)usually the same area you can set the language on some TV's. You'll see CLOSED CAPTION you'll want to high light that and scroll until you see "CC1" then exist the menu and there you go. It differers from brand to brand how you get to it but it is always CC1 on Some shows are captioned Real Time usually sports, news and live shows. Other things are captioned off of the show script you can tell because they will be more accurate. http://www.robson.org/capfaq/ I have a deaf daughter and even after she moved out we still use the CC it's habit. It is also good if you have kids learning to read.
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Typingfool
Member
06-07-2006
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:27 pm
Just as an aside, CC Captioners do have to type fast, however, they type on a special keyboard designed like a court reporter. So typing 150wpm is not necessary you can tyle 60-70wpm and still do CC.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:48 pm
Kale, I saw my CC had CC1 and CC2 and T1 T2...I clickd on the CC2 and nothing happened, same with T1 2, only CC1 made something appear on my tv what are those other things for? ahhhh court reporter style typing for CC makes sense.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Pamy, mine has CC1 thru CC4 and also Text1 thru Text 4, plus "Program Information". I always had it set on program information because that tells me what is airing at that time and how many minutes are left in the show when you first tune in to a TV channel and then it goes off after a few seconds. Mine also only works on C1....I don't know what the other CCs are for. I also don't know what the Text options are for.
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Typingfool
Member
06-07-2006
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:01 pm
I use C1. Did you wait a few seconds, mine pops up after like 5-10 seconds.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:03 pm
Same here.
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:21 pm
Mine has "On", "Off" and "On-Mute". Very self-explainatory!! 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:34 pm
yes I waited awhile to see if anything would happen and nothing. I am wondering if C2 is for spanish and when you set up your tv you pick what language you want it in and C1 is for your preferred language.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 2:00 pm
Last nite when Zach streaked someone said 'we are about to see some C***' but the CC said 'we are about to see some cob' ROTF!
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 10:04 pm
Here I am, with feeds on my computer and After Dark on my TV. And my feeds are in FOTH, endlessly, while Showtime continues to show the house. It just proves that the BB producers are lazy. They could easily show us uninterrupted feeds merely by switching camera shots when the HGs discuss things they shouldn't. I mean, they can do it on Showtime. Why can't they do it for those of us who are PAYING to see the feeds online?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:09 pm
We gotta pay for Showtime, too!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:11 pm
SanFran, are you saying they are milking us fans coming and going?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:32 pm
Well, Jujube, some fans sign up for Real Gold Pass (or whatever it's called these days) to watch the LF. Real makes a lot of extra money during BB season and some of those new customers hang on even after BB. (CBS makes money by licensing the BB feeds to Real.) However, Showtime and CBS are related - CBS owns Showtime or it's a subsidiary or something. I don't know the exact relationship but I do know they are closely related. I just think it would behoove CBS for the viewers to get hooked on Showtime instead of Real. Have you noticed how ShowToo is promoting the hell out of their new series, "Californication", and the return of "Weeds" (a hilarious show, btw)? Showtime does have some really good programming. "The Tudors" was great...."Meadowlands" currently airing on Showtime is excellent. That's where "Queer As Folk" aired, too. If ShowToo attracted a lot of BB viewers, they might become long time customers of Showtime year round. Who knows....maybe CBS would even expand their ShowToo coverage in later seasons! In any case, the fans are paying for both the LF and for Showtime....and my guess is that Showtime is more expensive. Why not allow the ShowToo viewers get a break from the VORTEX? That's my theory! --------------- edited to add - I haven't gotten the LF for the last couple of years)
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Kswheels
Member
06-30-2005
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:37 pm
I've been calling the control room guys "Camera Dork". I am so glad that during the last "Control room" shot on ShowToo they proved my name correct. One of them jumped in front of the camera and did a little arm waving dance.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:40 pm
Don't forget "Dexter" SFJF -- not quite as good as QAF, but really close. Michael C. Hall is even better than he was on Six Feet Under.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:46 pm
I knew I was forgetting a good one! I LOVE that show! Michael C. Hall is terrific in that series.
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 12:23 am
With Closed Captioning the different numbers are different bands. You want to use C1 (some times you have exit the menu before it comes on.) If your watching on HD channels most HD TV's are not set up with the converters for the CC yet.
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Optimystic
Member
07-08-2005
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 9:34 am
I hate to change the subject, but I don't know where else to post this. I was watching the first 5-10 minutes of SHOTOO After Dark on Showtime this morning, and out of nowhere pops a completely NUDE Amber getting out of the HOH tub! I got the feeling that she had no idea she was being filmed, and apparently must've nude in the tub for awhile, too. Surely she can't be that dumb as to not know cameras are on them everywhere, can she? Surely they inform them fully about this, right? I guess I just can't buy that she didn't purposely show her self nude, but from what I've seen of her so far, she just doesn't seem like the type to expose herself for all of America. Does anyone have decent explanation for this? Did anyone else see it?
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 11:26 am
I saw it as well, Optimystic. The only guess I have is that Showtime might be trying to offer as much nudity as it can, regardless of the circumstance or the relevance of the candid shot. The show opened with Mike, Jennifer and Kail chatting in the backyard hot tub area. Then came the full-frontal glimpse of Amber wrapping herself in a towel (it lasted no more than 2 or 3 seconds) before the action returned to the M., J. and K. conversation. Hmmmmm. Was it an accident or was it intentional? I vote the latter.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 11:45 am
Amber said later last night that she didn't care. Go figure. They do know the cameras are everywhere.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 11:58 am
I thought the shot of the control room was cool, it was interesting to see behind the scenes I swear one of the tv monitors was showing Jay Leno...did anyone else notice that?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 12:01 pm
I've never seen a BB when the HGs were as acutely aware of the cameras as this bunch. When I'm watching ShoToo, sometimes there's a close up of a HG talking to someone. It's often easy to get drawn into their conversations and , being on TV rather than the live feeds, it feels more intimate, like you are really there spying on them. Several times I've had the experience of watching a HG for awhile as I listen closely to what they are whispering about and then suddenly that HG looks directly into the camera and my first reaction/feeling is that I've been caught spying/staring at them! I forget that they know I'm watching so I almost feel like a peeping tom, so when they suddenly look directly at the camera (and at me) it's unsettling for a split second. They KNOW we are there every second! They've often mentioned the ShoToo feed, or they have checked the time to see if it's over yet. I figure what they're doing between 9-12midnight is often very calculated. Zach seems to have made it a point to do his streaking 5 minutes before midnight, when he knew ShoToo was still on and Amber being naked in front of the camera in the first few minutes of that 3 hours?....Puhlease! How about last night when Jen exercised for an hour with the camera taking in every visible curve and crevice? I don't remember the HG doing all their exercise at 9 ot 10pm in the past! They are running around nude and/or exercising to get TV camera time!
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Kswheels
Member
06-30-2005
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 1:06 pm
I have a favor to ask. If no one wants to do it that's fine. I am going out of town in a few hours until Wednesday. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to post the highlights of BBAD each night so that when I get back I can fastforward to the good parts rather than watching 9 hours of outdated BB. I'll need tonight, tomorrow, and Tuesday. Like I said, no pressure, but if anyone wants to do it...
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Jactree
Member
07-31-2006
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 5:34 pm
I don't have Showtime since I have only basic cable under Time Warner. I am surprised that BB after Dark is closed captioned? That's great!
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