Subtitle display device at the time of caption tape viewing

摘要

A caption display device of a video cassette recorder, the caption display device displaying captions during playback on a tape-mounted video tape recorder for turning on captions at regular intervals while the caption tape is mounted in the VCR for viewing. A device, comprising: means for determining whether a tape mounted on a video cassette recorder is a caption tape, means for determining whether a caption display mode or a caption removal mode is used during playback of the tape, and if the means determines the caption removal mode, the caption for a predetermined time period. And means for displaying the subtitle display in the display means at predetermined time intervals.;By such a configuration, when the viewer uses the caption tape, it is possible to recognize that even if the operation mode of the VCR is set to the subtitle display removal mode, the viewer can change to the subtitle display mode without further confirmation.