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Consumers across the country are dealing with phone bills, cell phone contracts, cable packages and Internet scams. If you are experiencing problems, you are not alone. Search our database of stories to find one that most closely matches the situation in which you find yourself. We don’t have all the answers to every problem consumers may face, but some consumers have shared solutions and suggestions. If you have a story, please share it, consumes across the country are waiting to hear from you! Read through each story or search within the section.
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Local TV stations in any but the largest 25 markets are not required to provide live captions during news reports on local emergencies. Here in Albuquerque, NM, a fire in the forested park, which runs along the Rio Grande from one end of the city to the other, threatened homes ...
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I recently purchased a DVD player with HDMI capabilities since our new TV has it in preparation for the digital television transition. When playing our Sony DVD player with HDMI cables on our Samsung TV, we do not get closed captioning. It works only through the standard component cables. I ...
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I have had a hearing loss since I was nine years old. Since the inception of captioning for television and radio, I have used it 100% of the time. The biggest problem is poor captioning, whether it is the local channel, cable or the regular channels such as NBC, CBS, ...
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I have a problem with the captioning on TV. For the most part, it is okay, but I don't like the lack of captioning. There is no captioning on the evening news when interviewing a person, on breaking news or bad weather updates. Sometimes the person doing the typing is ...
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In January 2007 we purchased a flat-screen HDTV and upgraded our cable TV service from analog to digital. Our cable provider gave us a digital set-top box/DVR manufactured by Scientific Atlanta. When recording a program or watching recorded programs using the DVR, there is no time meter! You cannot tell ...
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