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Turn the Closed Captions off on your television. In almost every instance of this, you have selected one of your television's closed caption capabilities (often one of the "Text" options). The black box will generally only cover a portion of the screen and often you are able to view the rest of the picture not covered by this blackened area. The box may go away briefly during channel changes. You may also see varying forms of this; website addresses and possibly the channel name. Because of the wide variety in how menus are accessed and operated between manufacturers, we suggest consulting the television's user guide for instructions on how to turn closed captioning off, or try a different caption mode to give the desired result.