Subtitles, anyone? - On the Beach (2000) Discussion

[–] Raaaain 15 years ago

Buy the DVD and enable the subtitles option.

reply

I bought the US-Version a few years back, and it doesn't have subtitles. And from all I can find on the Net, the UK version hasn't either (most newer british production do, but this is an Aussie/US co-production). Meanwhile I have figured out most of it, except for two lines by Cpt. Towers...
--
"Nobody ever said the IMDB was polite company." MichaelD on the Luther (2003) board.

reply

[–] Raaaain 15 years ago

If you have a DVD player, you can enable subtitles through that by pushing a button.

reply

[–] LookinGood 15 years ago

Not if the DVD doesn't provide them, and the US release doesn't. There are absolutely no "extras" on this DVD --the menu basically consists of just a start button for the film and chapter selection.
I found that "low-profile" TV productions often come without subtitles on DVD. Except in the UK, where there seems to be a new regulation --they have most of the TV broadcasts subtitled as well.
--
"Nobody ever said the IMDB was polite company." MichaelD on the Luther (2003) board.

reply

[–] Raaaain 15 years ago

I meant the 'Subtitles' button on your remote.

reply

[–] vfrickey 15 years ago

If your TV has a "closed caption" option, turn that on. Almost everything has closed captions these days for the deaf/hard of hearing.

reply

[–] HDcreepy 15 years ago

Come on guys don't talk to him like he is an idiot. I have rented a copy and as far as I can remember, there is no closed caption provided in the American DVD.

reply

[–] norm-woodward 12 years ago

NEARLY all theatrical DVDs are released with both closed captioning (for tvs so equiped) and subtitles (found on DVD players). Some are not. For instance, rental versions of Disney's "UP" lacked both to punish anyone not willing to buy the movie.

Some releases made for American TV, such as "Band of Brothers", have only closed captioning.

This Australian TV release lacked both, perhap reflecting the state of the art back then.

reply

[–] whatayawant 14 years ago

Go to http://www.allsubs.org/ You'll find the subtitles there.

reply

[–] rtd3ws 14 years ago

I just looked and there are no subtitles at www.allsubs.org for the 2000 version of On the Beach.

reply

[–] LookinGood 9 years ago

An update:
The mini series has meanwhile been released in the UK on a Region 2 DVD. This version has no subtitles, either, but if you have a PAL system TV, it does give you a better picture than the US release (no blocking, more realistic colours --I own both the US and the UK edition and that is what I notice with my PAL TV/DVD setup).
--
"I only watch box sets. Soya latte anyone?" (GuardianOnline reader CameronYJ)

reply

[–] gary_overman 9 years ago

Just an FYI. I checked amazon and there is a DVD available with CC, but at around $90, you will be paying through the nose for it.

English sub-titles is something that I always look for in a DVD as my hearing is quite bad. It used to be that I could use CC, but with the newer DVD players that have the HDMI connections, that does me no good, so any DVD has to have English or English SDH sub-titles or it is pointless for me to buy it.

reply

[–] gary_overman 9 years ago

Just an FYI: a moment ago, I contacted Sylvania, which makes portable DVD players and asked them about adding CC capability to their portable players.

I'll share any response I get here.

reply

[–] gary_overman 9 years ago

Here is some news on this front if anyone is interested. I contacted sylvania a few weeks ago about putting CC capability in their portable DVD players and they said they would look into it, and they may very well do it.

But the real news is that I just got off from chatting with a dell person and she told me that while dell does not pre-install CC capability in their laptops, she did tell me that there is outside software that can be installed.

That is encouraging.

reply