FAQ - Technical problems: Captioning

When something is wrong with the captions, what do I do?
I bought a digital television/HDTV, and can't find the CC menu!
Do any DVD recorders on the market record and display closed captioning?
Do any of the portable DVD players with 5-inch LCD screens display closed captioning?
How does one apply to work for your company typing captions? How does the caption typing process work?
I am a cable/satellite consumer with a plasma monitor. Nobody seems to have an answer as to how to get closed captioning.
I bought a new HDTV set, as I understood that HD captions were the best! However, I can't get captions to appear at all!
I don't use captions, yet our TV displays them and we can't turn it off. Please help!
I have a DVD that is not captioned. Can you caption it for me?
I rented/bought a DVD of a recent movie and I can't get the captions to show up. What gives?
I understand that an English-language show has Spanish subtitles. How do I turn them on?
I'm watching a well-captioned show, when suddenly there's lots of garble and/or terrible captions for the rest of the program!
My TV is too old to display closed captions and I don't have the money to buy a new one.
Occasionally, I see letters missing from a word, or a white box appears instead of a letter. Why is that?
When I switch from a captioned standard def program to their HD equivalent, sometimes the captions go away! Why?
Why do captions sometimes stay on the screen through a commercial break?
Why do live shows, such as news and sports, have so many misspellings, and why are the captions so slow?
Why does the captioning's font look so bad?
Will closed captions and English subtitles from widescreen DVDs play captions and English subtitles on a widescreen LCD TV?

FAQ - Technical problems: Captioning

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