22-10-2015 16:36
So, I have been using Amazon Prime Instant video recently as it is part of my student Prime membership and guess what? they have subtitles.
This begs the question of why there are (STILL) no subtitles on NowTV when it is technically simple (has been for many a year) and Sky's competitors are doing it. Do Sky just hate people who have a need/desire for Subtitles or do they just like flouting disability discrimination legislation?
08-11-2015 15:25
08-11-2015 15:29
@Anonymous User those are box wide settings, each app needs to support them, which unfortunately the NOW TV app doesn't.
08-11-2015 15:41
09-11-2015 9:37
@Anonymous User, it means that the box could support subtitles. However the actual use of subtitles is decided by the specific app. Currently the Now TV app has not enabled this. I don't know if the others do, as I don't use that function.
09-11-2015 9:44
@4268@Anonymous User
The only app I know that supports Subtitles is Netflix on my two Rokus ( not NOWTV box)
09-11-2015 11:33
Hi @Anonymous User
Google play movies also support subtitles/closed captions, but not for all content. Let's be honest closed captions/subtitles do the same thing. It's just that the end result is not achieved in the same way
09-11-2015 9:42
Closed Captions (CC) were originally developed in the USA in the late 1960's/early 1970's. Over here in the UK/EU our subtitle systems work in a different way to CC.
Given that the Roku is an US developed product, it makes sence that it supports US developed features (such as CC). Sadly, Roku products do not support UK/EU subtile systems!
14-11-2015 11:21
16-11-2015 16:57
Hi @Anonymous User,
Thanks for posting.
We work with a large account of content providers so this can make the process somewhat more complex but this is something that we're looking to implement.
Thanks
Simon
NOW TV Team