Isn't it annoying

[Allovera]

Isn't it annoying when watching a subtitled film and the subtitles just blend into the background, why cant they just put a black ground onto the subT's?

[Quassia]

Hi Allo,
I'm not really a lover of subtitled films full stop! I find it distracting.

[askyourgran]

i end up reading the subtitles and missing the action.

[rsvp]

you are clearly not an oap - read the script and watch the story unfold on screen. Impossible - what was the question?

[Allovera]

Hi Quassia, I'm not a lover of them myself, but sometimes the TV guide doesn't tell you it's subtitled, if they did I wouldn't bother watching.... some of them are good and i get drawn in, so I keep watching and try to read it.

[Allovera]

why cant they just put a black "back"ground onto the subT's?

[Postdog]

are you not watching on digital then, cos I tend to watch foreign stuff, and I am sure they are backrounds - sort of like little dymo labels across the screen

[Allovera]

I don't know if i'm watching digital or not, how can I tell? but some films have clear subs.

[Postdog]

I've had a tiring day so wasn't thinking. I was thinking of the subtitles you bring up (like hard of hearing). I think those you refer to depend on when they were made, though I'm sure the trend is on newer stuff to do as I described rather than just writing over the screen

[rsvp]

allovera - you aren't interested in the 'grey opinion?'

[Allovera]

AhH, i know what you mean now postdog, that's teletex.
RSVP. I might be, is this grey option" painful?