Subtites and CIH

**Mark Techer** · **03-11-09, 08:45 AM**

Regardless if you use a lens or zoom for CIH, if the subtitles are placed in the black bars, you're going to have a problem - more so with a lens as the scaling for CIH clips the black bars off.

Previously, I was using a Samsung HD 950 for it's EzyView fuction.

I have since found out that the Samsung BD-P1500 will also shift STs on DVD if they are a bitmap. It can't shift them for BDs though.

Mark

**Prof.** · **03-11-09, 06:50 PM**

So with BD's, you never get to see any subtitles with a lens and CIH set up, as they would be off the screen.?

**Mark Techer** · **03-12-09, 04:38 AM**

No. I own 30 BDs now and everyone of them has the STs in the active picture where they belong.

**Prof.** · **03-12-09, 06:38 PM**

That is good to hear..
So these people who have complained about not seeing subtitles in the picture area must have some pretty odd titles they're watching!

**Mark Techer** · **03-16-09, 02:00 AM**

It really will depend on the studio. Older films like the Die Hard movies from Fox do have STs in the picture, but I read a report that a brand new relase in the US, Seven Pounds from Regency which is under the Fox banner has its english lines half in the black bars. The intersting part here is that I got to see once of those "preview discs" from a video store on DVD of this film, and all STs were in the active picture area.

**Prof.** · **03-16-09, 06:30 PM**

Since most of my movie collection now is either Paramount, Universal or 20th Century Fox, I don't think subtitles will be a problem for me..if I get BD's from the same studios..

**Mark Techer** · **03-16-09, 07:38 PM**

All I will say is that it is really hit and miss. With HD, the text is so sharp that it could be put anywhere, but it seems that there are those from the old 16:9 school that think text is best in black bars. I say:
1. Don't mess with the art! The STs were in the picture at the cinema, so leave them there for the video.
2. Get with the times - CIH is the future and our software need to be compaitible...

**Prof.** · **03-16-09, 10:03 PM**

Hear! Hear!!

**gobrigavitch** · **04-07-09, 05:13 PM**

So far I think about 80-90% of the HD movies I have watched have had the subtitles in the movie. There have been a couple that I have had issue with. I believe Letters from Iwo Jima may have been one and there was one other one where I had to watch in 16x9 because of the subtitles. I would guess that less than 1% of movie buyers have a CIH setup so don't expect studios to cater to us at this point.

**Prof.** · **04-07-09, 08:07 PM**

Quote:

gobrigavitch wrote:

I would guess that less than 1% of movie buyers have a CIH setup so don't expect studios to cater to us at this point.

There lies the problem..
We are a minute minority compared to the movie watching public, so studios are generally only interested in the majority and see no need to cater for our interests..and probably never will..

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