it's closed captions, which kind of ruins my experience by captioning every sound effect in a movie or TV show.
...which is what deaf disability advocates have demanded, and my understanding is that it's a requirement now by FCC rules[1]. If you don't have that stuff, guess what, no TV sale until you supply it. Again, Netflix relies on the producers to supply this stuff, and from the producers' standpoint, it's just another expense. It costs about $500-$!000 to get this done by a post house, last time I checked. I would expect this to go up a bit now that the FCC has promulgated detailed rules on the subject.
...which is what deaf disability advocates have demanded, and my understanding is that it's a requirement now by FCC rules[1]. If you don't have that stuff, guess what, no TV sale until you supply it. Again, Netflix relies on the producers to supply this stuff, and from the producers' standpoint, it's just another expense. It costs about $500-$!000 to get this done by a post house, last time I checked. I would expect this to go up a bit now that the FCC has promulgated detailed rules on the subject.
1. http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-moves-upgrade-tv-closed-capt...