Are there closed captions or subtitles?

Are there closed captions or subtitles in iTunes?

Hi tpisk78.
In my option, you would be better off buying DVDs and Blu-Ray discs than downloading movies and TV programmes from iTunes becuase far more of the titles on DVDs have subtitles / subtitles for the hearing impaired / Closed Captions than you would find on iTunes.  Of course iTunes can replace a file in the iTunes Store with updated one to include CC, but they still lack a wider range.  On DVDs, you would find all movies in a series (ie: trilogy or similar) having subtitles yet on iTunes it tend to be just one or two of the movies having subtitles while the others don't.
For example: On DVD, 'Men In Black', 'Men In Black 2' and 'Men In Black 3' would have subtitles, yet on iTunes MiB do not have Closed Captions (CC) while MiB2 and MiB3 do. For Tim Burton's Batman, on DVD both 'Batman' and 'Batman Returns' would have subtitles yet I find that only 'Batman' on iTunes have CC but 'Batman Returns' do not have any.
'Flash Gordon' (1980) starting Sam J Jones, on iTunes do not have subtitles, but on DVD it do, same for Harrison Ford movie 'Firewall', on iTunes no CC while on DVD, it do. Don't get me started with the Iron Man trilogy
Of course, iTunes could later replace any titles that do not have CC with updated file which now do have CC.
But as a general rule of a thumb, you would find far more DVDs have subtitles than movies on iTunes.
Same with TV shows.
And, oh, another thing....
Sometimes a movie or TV show on iTunes would say it have CC, but when watching, it turns out to be in CAPS LOCK.
Subtitles and CC on iTunes is rather a bit of a step backwards.

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