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Originally Posted by Penton-Man
...And, on a more human note, as I revealed somewhere back in this thread before The Hobbit debuted stateside, was that for theater-goers not to be surprised if the 3D HFR version would not have any closed captions, or "subtitles for the hard of hearing" as they like to refer to it across the pond in the U.K. and Ireland (b.t.w., to tob and Steedeel, when I say “speed”, you should think ‘pace’).
Anyway, the above noted cinematic deficiency is something the industry needs to address as a priority as soon as possible. So….To the hearing impaired who may be reading this (and I know we have at least several members here), you are not forgotten  and let me assure you that people in the industry are working on this as we speak.  |
In regards to the above ^, I received a PM from one of our members who prefers to remain anonymous and questioned me as to
why there was no hearing impaired tract, (which, to uninformed readers, is different than closed captions) included on the HFR versions of The Hobbit.
Well, there was a concern by the content provider regarding the ability of all the upgraded theatrical projector systems to perform well with the picture and that extra audio tract.
I feel your pain.
