# DVD players showing subtitles at 4x speed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-players-showing-subtitles-at-4x-speed/1031371>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-players-showing-subtitles-at-4x-speed/1031371 "2026-07-03T02:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cerebusy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Cerebusy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerebusy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-players-showing-subtitles-at-4x-speed/1031371/1 "2026-07-03T02:08:35Z")

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Back in 2013 there was a discussion here of watching media on fast forward, but nothing recent. I once found a player which displayed subtitles at 4x speed, which was very useful for getting through a long TV series quickly when my interest was marginal. But my machine is showing wear and I want to replace it. Of course streaming is becoming dominant, but most services don’t even do 2x speed. Does anyone know of a contemporary DVD player with this feature?

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**Author:** ![Cerebusy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Cerebusy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerebusy)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-players-showing-subtitles-at-4x-speed/1031371/2 "2026-07-15T18:15:39Z")

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Found one! The ONN blue ray player has this feature, $80 at walmart.