Does the TV or DVD player read closed captioning?

Question

I want to show a movie to my English as a Second Language students. The DVD disc is closed captioned. However, it doesn't work when I play the movie on a DVD player connected to a projector. The closed captioning works when the player is connected to a TV. Is there a way to have the closed captioning show up when the player is connected to a projector or am I out of luck? My students really need to see the words to follow the plot!

Answer 1

I think captions only appear through TV connections. You can always use TV though,  to conduct your lecture to your students. But if you want help then you might wanna visit http://www.trvidcom.com.au I really believe they can be of great help.

Answer 2

Are you using the same DVD player in both cases? because what you say make no sense. In DVDs, the subtitles are generated by the player itself and put as a video overlay on top of the video (you don't need to do CC on the display).  

Do you see the whole video on the projector? Maybe you have the wrong aspect mode and you cut the subtitles.

Make sure you select the appropriate Language from the DVD menu and that the projector is set in the correct aspect mode.

Answer 3

understand the problem well.cc appear on the equipment that you use.some dvd player can't display cc(closed caption),some tv can't display cc either.according to what you've mentioned,the projector appears can't display cc.you could try subtitle instead then.hope they can follow.

Answer 4

When you activate closed captioning on a TV, it is reading text burried in the video signal. The TV has the ability to decode it. Your projector does not, it's not common for them to have it.

Skip the closed captioning. Most DVDs made have the audio subtitled on the disc, that will show up on any source. Just hit the subtitle button on the DVD remote, most major DVD releases have subtitles and even subs for the hearing impared which describe sounds as well as cover the converstions of actors.

English, Spanish and French are very common, like over 90 percent of DVD titles.