The Sony RDR HDC300 was reviewed by Chris Mikul and Ally Woodford.
The initial set up was straightforward, although the Autoscan function seemed a little slow.
The caption font is large and clear, with text on a black box background.
Centred on a Caption Quality Survey, ARC invites individuals and groups in regional areas to monitor the quality of captions on regional news and current affairs programs each week.
Regional Broadcast Monitors, volunteers from the community, will complete the survey each week, either online, on paper or by email, noting any issues they encountered and providing feedback.
ARC is about raising the profile of accessibility issues in regional areas.
The act, a draft of which was first introduced by Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts in 2008, was passed by the House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority on 29 September.
Among the act’s provisions are the following requirements:
