soft subs vs hard subs - which do you prefer

Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I prefer hardsubbed xvid encoded avi files. Mainly because I use Pinnacle Showcenter to view everything I download on my tv. Softsubs if not correct made often needs alot of editing before I can view it on my showcenter.

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:54 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I thought it would be more obvious that soft-subs rules!
But ignorant me, I didn't think of the people only using their dvd-players.

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i prefer soft subs because of the speed they come out...

but i like hardsubs because they look better~

but anywho....i appreciate all the fansubbers' hard work and efforts (whether they softsub or hardsub) in providing subtitles for the community.

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Haha both are the same to me when viewed on my comp.

However gd thing about soft subs is that you can fix subs timing etc

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

When you wanna keep the movie/drama files original,its softsub,when you just want good old translater subtitles stick under your screen then its hardsub,i'm 50/50...if i have to choose then i vote hardsub.

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:09 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i have to go for softsubs. originally, i was at hardsub fan, but then some subbers start using crazy fonts and crazy colors making it almost impossible to read. so i like the softsubs now, where it's just standard and you can read it easily. helps me with my listening comprehension too, of Japanese, Mandarin, and Korean. i can just turn the subs off, and listen more carefully to understand instead of relying on the subtitles. quite fun that way.

i don't mind either one, but honestly, it's the crazy fonts some hardsubbers use that drive me crazy. don't get wrong, i appreciate them taking the time to encode and translate and everything, but i just can't read it -__-

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i voted for hardsubs...

maybe because i always watch anime and i'm pretty used to hardsubs now. plus it's prettier. ^^

softsubs are great as well, coz it's simple and editable.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:35 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I dont really know.. I like both..

Hardsubs is better if i like to burn it out on a disc. No extra step require to burn onto the disc.
Softsubs is very useful if i downloaded the raw version so i just need the sub and add them together... I dont want to download the whole series again.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmm... For my own viewing, I prefer softsubs so I can play with the fonts, and I usually end up doing some editing here and there before burning them.

For my releases, I strongly prefer hardsubbing them because I'm sick and tired of the e-bay assholes who take the things apart and sell them like they've actually done something. (also why I'm so anal about my editing...)

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

definitely softsubs for me! with the same reasonings as mentioned above and previous pages. and also like everybody else, I can understand the importance of hardsub so those E-Bayers wouldn't be able to profit from other people's hardwork. but still, for my own viewing pleasure, softsub is the way. I like to stick closer to the original version more.

ssa softsub is the greatest! since it's a softsub (can turn it off if you don't want it), but has all the benefit of a hardsub as well! 4 thumbs up for those who are fansubbing with ssa!!! thumleft

(pointing to my siggie's drama fansubbing team) Smile

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Soft sub all the way, they are generally faster, released wise and its easier to edit, spelling mistakes or sometimes timming. As for burning it to a DVD, many companies are starting to support divx and subtitles files. My DVD player supports this, so i just burn the raw with the sub file as is and it works just fine on my DVD player.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Like I mentioned earlier in this topic, soft subtitles is 100-percent about control of the viewing experience. Simply, if you spend more time on any given episode than the actual length of the episode, I think you're devoting too much time in dramas. For me, if an episode is 45-minutes, 23 seconds long, I will spend 45-minutes, 23 seconds watching the episode, and then I'll never touch it again. Looking at the various responses to soft subs, it appears that the average person spends maybe double or even triple the time on any given episode, which to me is way too much time wasted on a hobby that is so frivolous IMHO. I was brought up watching hard subs on KIKU-TV. Despite finding errors in the hard subs, I never even once had the temptation to go into an episode and make corrections, or to call JN Productions and make a complaint. Soft subs fans are right up there with TiVo and DVR fanatics - you want total control of your viewing experience, and are even willing to take the extra time out of your schedule to assure yourself of that enjoyment.

For me, I'd rather control other aspects of my life, and dramas are not one of them.

--- groink

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmm.. I like both, but I guess I prefer softsubs SLIGHTLY more.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't know if anyone has asked this but I was just wondering. If a series became a series of the week/month and the said series have both hard and soft-subbed versions, which one gets priority?

As for the preference, I’m also for soft-subs. All reasoning has already been mentioned above but I just wanted to add ethics (ooh deep stuff). What I mean for example is the use of the word “spaz” in hard-subs. I’m not nearly clever enough to construct a perfectly crafted diatribe (yes! I managed to use this word!) so instead I’ll just provide the following link which explains it better.

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003020.html

For those who couldn’t be bothered reading the website, it’s to do with how the word is acceptable in the US but not in the UK.

Oh! this is to do with editing soft-subs isn’t it which somebody already mentioned. Oh damn…Oh well I was just nitpicking really…
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: subs Post Rating: 0

whats the difference???
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