"Andrew Rossmann" <andysnewsreply@no_junk.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> In article <g_ydnQcTbbMjgOfeRVn***@comcast.com>, rayglas***@comcast.net
> says...
> >     I have a question regarding Closed-Captioning on DVDS. Sometimes the
> > captions are on during the whole DVD, and other times, while playing the
> > same DVD in the same machine, the captions disappear for awhile, then
come
> > back.  Any ideas why?
>
>   I assume you mean CC decoded by your TV, and not subtitles encoded on
> the DVD? It's possible some interference or other issue could be
> preventing your TV from properly decoding the CC signal, which is sent
> as little dashes at the very, very top of the picture. Some DVD players
> tend to mangle this if doing any form of conversion, like letterboxing,
> or even converting to progressive (DVD's are encoded for interlaced.)
>
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