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Netflix has been targeting niche areas for the last few years. With most of the larger markets now having local shows in their own language or foreign shows wit
by xbmcuser 7y ago
Netflix has been targeting niche areas for the last few years. With most of the larger markets now having local shows in their own language or foreign shows with subs that have been appreciated a lot. I personally have watched French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Brazil content and probably use it more for these language shows than I do for English shows.
The advances in machine translation text to audio and video morphing makes me wonder if we 5-10 years down the line we will get content modified automatically so that translated dialog audio matches morphed video lip movement.
- Freak_NL 7y agoUgh, that sounds horrible. Instead of getting to enjoy regional differences and different languages (subtitled if desired), every show would end up the same for your locale, down to the local brands shown as product placements. And why stop there? The actor drinks soda from a green can, and if you watch the show now it will mostly be a can of Pepsi cola. But watch the show between January and April 2020 from Canada, and you will see the new maple syrup flavoured Dr Pepper instead.
- Jaruzel 7y agoThis has already been happening for years: https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/technology-changed-product-placement/ https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/technology-changed-produ...
- xbmcuser 7y agoI didn't say I wanted it to happen. I personally got into movies as 10-11 year old watching Jackie Chan and other Asian kungfu movies with subs. So watching movies with subs is natural for me for many others it is not so and trying to read subs while watching might not be fun. As long as I have the choice to watch in the original language with subs I really don't care.