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    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 22 19:49:10 2024
    I'm watching NCIS on FreeView 21, and the subtitles are half-height! Two
    lines of subtitle taking about the same vertical space as one normally
    does, or when only one, about a half height. Same width as usual.

    I assumed it was my set failing, but I switched to a couple of other
    channels (1 [BBCONE] and 27 [Yesterday]) and back, and the subtitles
    were normal on those, but back to half when I went back to 21. I tried
    putting the set in standby and coming back out - they stayed
    half-height.

    It's on a commercial break now - and most of those have subtitles, which
    are appearing normal height. Let's see ... no, they're back to
    half-height when the programme came back.

    (Obviously data corruption in the program file; I just can't think why
    there would _be_ a half-height facility!)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    The bottleneck is always at the top of the bottle. - Attributed to Peter Drucker (re management), by @Eric_Partaker 2023-7-14

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  • From Apd@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Thu Feb 22 20:38:59 2024
    "J. P. Gilliver" wrote:
    I'm watching NCIS on FreeView 21, and the subtitles are half-height! Two lines of subtitle taking about the same vertical space as one normally
    does, or when only one, about a half height. Same width as usual.

    They look normal here.

    (Obviously data corruption in the program file; I just can't think why
    there would _be_ a half-height facility!)

    Or they can specify the font. They appear to be using a monospaced one
    whereas on Dave, it looks proportional. The fonts are certainly
    different. Maybe there's an option for point size in your settings!

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to Apd on Thu Feb 22 21:53:25 2024
    In message <ur8bdd$2o10$1@apd.eternal-september.org> at Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:38:59, Apd <not@all.invalid> writes
    "J. P. Gilliver" wrote:
    I'm watching NCIS on FreeView 21, and the subtitles are half-height! Two
    lines of subtitle taking about the same vertical space as one normally
    does, or when only one, about a half height. Same width as usual.

    They look normal here.

    (Obviously data corruption in the program file; I just can't think why
    there would _be_ a half-height facility!)

    Or they can specify the font. They appear to be using a monospaced one >whereas on Dave, it looks proportional. The fonts are certainly
    different. Maybe there's an option for point size in your settings!


    They returned to normal in the following programme (which was another
    episode of NCIS [though - in the weird way these minor channels have -
    that doesn't mean it was the _following_ episode]).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Look at those early black-and-white episodes of /Coronation Street/;
    like Ibsen in an flowered pinny. - Iam McMillan, RT 2020/2/22-28

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