What does Closed Captioned mean?

The subtle little phrase that flashes for everyone before most television and movie shows is easily overlooked and lost out of mind for a lot of viewers. So, for those of you who have overlooked this simplistic item a lot of people have come to rely on; Closed Captioned means that any one with a hearing disability can access video programs with on screen text correlating with the speech of the show.

THX Certification

It has come evident to lately while helping a family member purchase a television that not to many people understand what THX Certification actually (means).) THX is not a sound company like the general public seems to believe. THX is actually a sound standard for sound systems; Movie theaters, sound systems, computer speakers etc.. This sound standard means that no matter which THX certified material you use you will get the close as possible as to the original sound the engineers created, and hence also each one should have the same quality. The name comes from George Lucas's first feature film, THX 1138.



The Intent on this short article is not to give you all the details there is however stop the misinterpretation of a house hold acronym.





Check out the following links to gather more information on the subject.

http://www.thx.com/cinema/trailers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX
http://www.howstuffworks.com/thx.htm

also check out THX 1138

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138