VHS movies...

HOH33stars · 07-27-2008, 11:31 AM

I've been struggling in class because I don't understand the movies that my teacher shows (they don't have captions since they're on VHS). She DID say though that she had a Deaf student last semester who was able to take the movies home and play them on his VHS and the VHS would show the captions! Is this possible? Is there a switch to set a VHS to show captions? I have a video that I have to watch...and turning up the volume full blast hasn't been helping so far...

john57 · 07-27-2008, 05:12 PM

The captions on a VHS tape is controlled by the TV. The TV menu screen has a option to turn on the captions. Most current TV's have a closed captions decoder chip built-in.

Etoile · 07-28-2008, 12:17 AM

Yeah, if the VHS tape has captions, any modern TV should be able to show them. Captions aren't shown from the tape, they're shown from the TV when the tape is being played.

HOH33stars · 07-28-2008, 07:29 AM

Thanks guys!
I thought the same thing, but my teacher was telling me that her Deaf student from last semester had to do something special to his VHS to get the captions to work...so I was totally thrown for a loop!
Went to the library and set the TV there for captions and watched the movie-worked great! Thanks everyone!

***VamPyroX*** · 07-29-2008, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john57

The captions on a VHS tape is controlled by the TV. The TV menu screen has a option to turn on the captions. Most current TV's have a closed captions decoder chip built-in.

That's right...

If not, it could be for the following reasons...

1.) the television doesn't have captioning included (a decoder is needed)
2.) captioning hasn't been turned on (it should be C1 or CC1, not C2, CC2, T1, TT1, etc)
3.) the video isn't captioned (check the back for the CC symbol)

07-27-2008, 11:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
HOH33stars Star searching... Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 107	VHS movies... I've been struggling in class because I don't understand the movies that my teacher shows (they don't have captions since they're on VHS). She DID say though that she had a Deaf student last semester who was able to take the movies home and play them on his VHS and the VHS would show the captions! Is this possible? Is there a switch to set a VHS to show captions? I have a video that I have to watch...and turning up the volume full blast hasn't been helping so far...

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07-27-2008, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
john57 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 155	The captions on a VHS tape is controlled by the TV. The TV menu screen has a option to turn on the captions. Most current TV's have a closed captions decoder chip built-in.

07-28-2008, 12:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Etoile HOH terp Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 926	Yeah, if the VHS tape has captions, any modern TV should be able to show them. Captions aren't shown from the tape, they're shown from the TV when the tape is being played.

07-28-2008, 07:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
HOH33stars Star searching... Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 107	Thanks guys! I thought the same thing, but my teacher was telling me that her Deaf student from last semester had to do something special to his VHS to get the captions to work...so I was totally thrown for a loop! Went to the library and set the TV there for captions and watched the movie-worked great! Thanks everyone!