HDMI connections and Analogue (analog) Closed Captioning

Nothing to do with Linux!

This information will be useful to those of us that are in the deaf/hard-of-hearing community:

At this link:

Find a DVD Recorder that does Closed Captioning

I learned that Analogue closed captioning is NOT necessarily passed along an HDMI connection. Although analogue captioning seems to function fine with my TIVO HD and an HDMI connection.

I bought this DVD recorder from Wally’s World (aka Walmart)

Magnavox MDR515H

And sure enough. No captioning!

I switched to component output instead of the HDMI cable, and I now have Analogue Closed Captioning goodness! Records and plays back as advertised!

This little tidbit was enough to make all the difference!

and so it goes….

Wayno