A Thought for Closed Captions

I'm munching breakfast here one morning, and the nerd in my skull drops an idea back in my lap as the closed captions cover the news headline for the 999th time.

We have the technology, we have the power. Why can't we sell televisions with dedicated space or a dedicated display for captioning, which would balance the needs of people like me (hearing impaired) with people who just want to see what is on the TV without a pair of black bars of text covering the picture?

I've had to argue that captions must be on per the ADA rules: it's promulgated somewhere in Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 33 (I forget explicitly where at this time). Otherwise, it's considered discrimination against a protected class, depriving them of equivalent access.

In this era of 16:10 and 16:9 aspect ratio displays, why not standardize on a physical geometry of 16:11, park the 16:9 or 16:10 image at the top of the display, and in that remaining empty space below, render the captions there?
It's not like the tech doesn't exist, like it couldn't be done -- I feel like this would be the easiest way to handle the scenario!

I had mentally teased a secondary plan which involved seating a second display below the first one, but it then necessitates a lot of extra work, custom parts, more points of failure, lower adoptability in carceral environments...

But, at the same time, the need for accessibility accommodations can be met with the newer approaches to technology that we are eminently capable of making, so why not explore this realm instead of just cranking out the same crap on a new day? Why not innovate?

Maybe I'm thinking too much. :)