Of the 84 DVD titles searched, 54 per cent were captioned and 33 per cent were audio described. Of the same titles, 63 had a Blu-Ray version and accessibility rated at 67 per pent for captions and 44 per cent for audio description.
A few inconsistences were identified:
- Distributors Madman, Pinnacle, Jigsaw, Paramount & Umbrella all had titles released internationally with either captions or subtitles that were not released in Region 4, which includes Australia
- The Blu-Ray of Byzantium from Reel confusingly had “closed caption yes/no” on the cover but without “yes” or “no” being highlighted.
- Chasing Mavericks from Hopscotch Entertainment had captions on the DVD but not the Blu-Ray edition.
- Curse of Chucky from Universal Sony listed DVS (Descriptive Video Service, another name for audio description) on its Blu-Ray edition but not on DVD.
- A Field in England from Madman included captions on Blu-Ray but not DVD.
Recently released DVD titles with audio description and captions
- Adventures in Zambesia
- The Big Wedding
- The Bling Ring
- The Call
- Dead In Tombstone
- Dead Man Down
- Despicable Me 2
- The Details
- Emperor
- Epic
- Escape from Planet Earth
- Fast and Furious 6
- Gatsby
- GI Joe Retaliation
- Iceman, The
- Identity Thief
- Internship, The
- Iron Man 3
- Killing Season
- Kontiki
- Mud
- Olympus Has Fallen
- Penthouse North
- The Place Beyond the Pines
- The Purge
- Song for Marion
- Star Trek: Into Darkness
- World War Z
These titles and more can be found in our audio described DVD database.
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