In message <v5ombb$3sbgt$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:06:35,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> writes

On 29/06/2024 10:21, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

(And the subtitles moved to the top of the screen, rather than the >>position that was acceptable 40 years ago. They do it for the
headlines and the weather, so why not move the default.)

It is not unknown for subtitles to positioned in different areas of the >screen. Did not see it, I rarely have the TV on during the day and
never seen that programme.

Yes, but only because someone has deliberately moved them - they don't
_stay_ there; the _default_ is still across the bottom. Which was fine
40 years ago, but now - especially on news channels, but other channels
too - screen fungus of many kinds is much more common (permanent on news channels), and the subtitles obscure it.

In the past, with smaller screens, framing tended to have heads fill the screen, so another reason may have been that it wasn't thought good to
have subtitles obscure the top of faces. I'm now watching lovely @lizzieweather, and the subtitles (which _do_ go to the top for weather)
are well clear of the top of her head, so that's no longer a problem.
Most programmes now don't make heads reach the top of the screen.
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