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Latest MAA Annual Report now available online

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Media Access Australia held its AGM on 26 October 2010 and approved the annual report and accounts. Media Access Australia had a successful year with significant progress in cinema, education, television, downloads, and digital technology and online media access.

Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley said, “I am pleased to see continuous progress in media access, particularly in the rapidly changing new media area. We have firmly established ourselves as the first port of call for consumers, government and business for issues connected with media access. None of this could happen without our successful collaboration with community organisations and international partners.”

“Our team is continuing to grow and it is a pleasure to work with such knowledgeable and passionate people.”

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Netflix supports captions on games consoles

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Following on from April’s roll out of closed captioning on its streaming of movies and TV shows, leading Internet subscription service Netflix has released software for the Playstation 3 that will allow customers to watch a program with captions without inserting a separate instant streaming disk.

This new service, released in Canada then the USA recently, also includes a streamlined user interface, selected titles in 1080p and the addition of 5.1 surround sound.

These features will also start rolling out to other devices over time, including the Xbox 360, which will be issuing an Xbox Live update soon. The question remains though: now that Netflix will have multiple audio tracks for certain movies, does this mean they might eventually have audio description as well?

Netflix is only available in the USA and Canada.

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Review of Sony's RDR HDC300

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In October 2010, Sony Australia loaned Media Access Australia an RDR HDC300 Hard Disk Drive/DVD recorder to review for its caption capabilities.  

The Sony RDR HDC300 was reviewed by Chris Mikul and Ally Woodford.
 

INITIAL SET UP


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.  
 

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Review of a Strong HD Recorder - SRT 5495A

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In October 2010, Strong Australia loaned MAA one of its latest high definition hard drive recorders to review for its captioning capabilities. The SRT 5495A is a twin tuner terrestrial receiver and digital video recorder, with AV inputs. It is equipped to handle both next generation MPEG-4 broadcasts, including 3DTV and current MPEG-2 broadcasts, with a 500GB hard disk drive.  

The SRT 5495A was reviewed by Chris Mikul and Ally Woodford.
 

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