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Announcing Electric Eye

108 points by aaronbrethorst 11y ago

organsnyder 11y ago
The first comment on the article—from the author's mom—is adorable.
- StavrosK 11y ago
  It's showing 0 comments for me, what was it?
  - aaronbrethorst 11y ago
    http://imgur.com/GfmeUjw http://imgur.com/GfmeUjw
  - Vexs 11y ago
    Me too- it's Disconnect blacklisting facebook connects for me at least.
- lechevalierd3on 11y ago
  Make me reconsider if anyone really wants to use FB for blog post comments.
- kozukumi 11y ago
  Indeed, I came here to see if someone else saw that too. So sweet, put a smile on my face this wet Thursday morning.
NDizzle 11y ago
Do you desire an upbeat soundtrack while reading this article? I have just the thing for you! (The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_pZC8aWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_pZC8aWU
slantedview 11y ago
Yet another Electric Eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMY-mlE5Q0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMY-mlE5Q0
aidenn0 11y ago
Too bad Captioning is horribly broken on the Windows 8.1 RT Netflix client. It appears as though captions that are very close together just get dropped; if I rewind the correct amount, the caption will then display. I encountered this watching subtitled shows, but tested out captioning and it appears to use the same broken system.
BillinghamJ 11y ago
The article didn't seem to explain very clearly exactly what they were actually testing. I get that they're trying to make sure that the captions are compliant with a law, but what tangibly were they asserting? Also if they can reliably show the real captions at the top, why would they need to test the captions at the bottom? :s
- IanCal 11y ago
  > but what tangibly were they asserting? You want to know that they're appearing at the right time, and are fully displayed. > Also if they can reliably show the real captions at the top, why would they need to test the captions at the bottom? :s Never trust something like this. Maybe you're generating them reliably but the TV is applying overscan and your captions aren't actually visible. Or maybe you've set the resolution too large and the way the TV deals with that is to cut the bottom of the screen off. Or you've just messed up the calculation of positions and put it off screen.

108 points by aaronbrethorst 11y ago

organsnyder 11y ago

The first comment on the article—from the author's mom—is adorable.

StavrosK 11y ago
It's showing 0 comments for me, what was it?
- aaronbrethorst 11y ago
  http://imgur.com/GfmeUjw http://imgur.com/GfmeUjw
- Vexs 11y ago
  Me too- it's Disconnect blacklisting facebook connects for me at least.
lechevalierd3on 11y ago
Make me reconsider if anyone really wants to use FB for blog post comments.
kozukumi 11y ago
Indeed, I came here to see if someone else saw that too. So sweet, put a smile on my face this wet Thursday morning.

NDizzle 11y ago

Do you desire an upbeat soundtrack while reading this article? I have just the thing for you! (The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_pZC8aWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_pZC8aWU

slantedview 11y ago

Yet another Electric Eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMY-mlE5Q0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMY-mlE5Q0

aidenn0 11y ago

Too bad Captioning is horribly broken on the Windows 8.1 RT Netflix client. It appears as though captions that are very close together just get dropped; if I rewind the correct amount, the caption will then display. I encountered this watching subtitled shows, but tested out captioning and it appears to use the same broken system.

BillinghamJ 11y ago

The article didn't seem to explain very clearly exactly what they were actually testing. I get that they're trying to make sure that the captions are compliant with a law, but what tangibly were they asserting? Also if they can reliably show the real captions at the top, why would they need to test the captions at the bottom? :s

IanCal 11y ago
> but what tangibly were they asserting? You want to know that they're appearing at the right time, and are fully displayed. > Also if they can reliably show the real captions at the top, why would they need to test the captions at the bottom? :s Never trust something like this. Maybe you're generating them reliably but the TV is applying overscan and your captions aren't actually visible. Or maybe you've set the resolution too large and the way the TV deals with that is to cut the bottom of the screen off. Or you've just messed up the calculation of positions and put it off screen.