Costco Connection - December 2008

Odds and ends
Opening up on closed caption

I recently looked at your DVD selection.

There were several that I would have bought. However, I am hearing impaired and I have to have closed captions (CC). I would think most people my age would need the CC. Is there anyway that you can get DVDs that way?

Karen Hanson
Newport, Washington

Kris Cramer, Costco media buyer, responds: I took your question directly to the studios. Paramount Pictures says 90 percent of their product is closed captioned and has a CC logo on the back of the movie case or on the spine. Disney/Miramax indicates all of their movies can be viewed with English subtitles by selecting Languages on the menu. Twentieth Century Fox/MGM say their DVDs have closed caption. Universal says they offer English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing). Sony includes CC on most North American DVDs, unless the original audio is not English, in which case they include English subtitles.

FDIC and what it means to me

In Suze Orman’s article [“Balance dreams with reality,” November 2008] she indicated that “each individual can have $250,000 at any single bank and have 100 percent assurance that the FDIC will repay every penny if the bank runs into financial trouble.” It is important to note that Congress has increased the deposit insurance temporarily until December 31, 2009. As of January 1, 2010, the insurance coverage will revert back to the $100,000 limit. Caution should be exercised in obtaining CDs that will exceed the insurance coverage and mature after the December 31, 2009, date.

Anita Bent
Yorba Linda, California

You are correct. The Connection should have included a reference to a more detailed explanation of the new, temporary increase in “Getting maximum FDIC protection,” on page 69 of the same issue.—Ed.

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