Thread Subject: Changes to 4-A - Caption Playback
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From: Schomburg, Paul
Date: Thu, Jul 26 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Changes to 4-A - Caption Playback
Folks: Per our discussion yesterday, here are suggestions for modifying
the language for caption playback:
4-A - Caption Playback
* Wide-screen (16:9) digital television (DTV) displays measuring
at least 7.8 inches vertically
* DTV sets with conventional (4:3) displays measuring at least 13
inches diagonally
* Stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with
display screens
* Computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display
circuitry
CEA 708
Receive, decode and display digital video caption data from
* broadcast
* cable
* satellite
* IPTV
OR
* Decode caption data, when available, and pass an open-captioned
signal to a video display
* Other digital video source devices
CEA 708 or
functional equivalent
* Pass caption data, when available, to a video display with
integrated caption decoding circuitry
OR
* Decode caption data, when available, and pass an open-captioned
signal to a video display
Best regards, Paul
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