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| - "V-Chip" was a satellite launched by the FCC in 1998 in order to censor television broadcasts. The V-Chip later collided with the United States Air Force's satellite "Flying Destiny," becoming the "death sphere" V-GINY.
- The V-chip was an old safety Measure for droids which was able to hamper any violent behaviour, which was no longered used for a time. The magazine known as Popular Mechs, featured an article about the chip's return during the trial of the machine, B1-66ER.
- In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Mothers Against Canada hired Doctor Vosknocker to install a V-chip into Cartman's head to stop him from swearing. It appeared to work perfectly, dissuading Cartman from swearing. However, the V-chip later malfunctioned after Cartman disabled the electricity for Terrance and Phillip's execution. The V-chip then enabled Cartman to shoot electrical bolts from his fingers, an ability he used to defeat Saddam Hussein.
- V-chip is a generic term used for television receivers allowing the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. Most 13-inch and larger televisions manufactured for the United States market since 1999 and all units as of January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. Many devices similar to the V-chip have been produced.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires all television sets with picture screens 33 centimeters (13 inches) or larger to be equipped with features to block the display of television programming based upon its rating. This technology is known as the V-Chip. The V-Chip reads information encoded in the rated program and blocks programs from the set based upon the rating selected by the parent.
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| - V-chip is a generic term used for television receivers allowing the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. Most 13-inch and larger televisions manufactured for the United States market since 1999 and all units as of January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. Many devices similar to the V-chip have been produced. The V-chip works much like closed captioning as it uses the vertical blanking interval in the television signal to send and receive a special code in the programming which indicates the show's score according to a simple numerical rating system for violence, sex, and language. The programs' signals are encoded according to their rating, on line 21 of the broadcast signal's vertical blanking interval using the XDS protocol, and this is detected by the television set's V-chip. If the program's rating is outside the level configured as acceptable on that particular television, the program is blocked. The V-chip does not block news or sports casts, as this sort of programming does not have ratings. The V-chip has a 4 digit numerical password in order to keep older children from changing its settings. However, it can be overridden by anyone who read the television's manual to find out how to reset the password to 0000 (built into the V-chip in case the parents themselves forget the password that they set). The phrase "V-chip" was purportedly coined by Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts. According to him, the "V" stands for "violence". However, in an interview with Tim Collings, one of the people who claim to have invented the device, he says that it was intended to stand for "viewer control."
- "V-Chip" was a satellite launched by the FCC in 1998 in order to censor television broadcasts. The V-Chip later collided with the United States Air Force's satellite "Flying Destiny," becoming the "death sphere" V-GINY.
- In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Mothers Against Canada hired Doctor Vosknocker to install a V-chip into Cartman's head to stop him from swearing. It appeared to work perfectly, dissuading Cartman from swearing. However, the V-chip later malfunctioned after Cartman disabled the electricity for Terrance and Phillip's execution. The V-chip then enabled Cartman to shoot electrical bolts from his fingers, an ability he used to defeat Saddam Hussein. In the real world, a V-chip refers to any technology which is installed in a television set that allows parents to monitor and censor programs based on their rating.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires all television sets with picture screens 33 centimeters (13 inches) or larger to be equipped with features to block the display of television programming based upon its rating. This technology is known as the V-Chip. The V-Chip reads information encoded in the rated program and blocks programs from the set based upon the rating selected by the parent. The rating system, also known as the "TV Parental Guidelines," was established by the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Cable Television Association and the Motion Picture Association of America. These ratings are displayed on the television screen for the first 15 seconds of rated programming and, in conjunction with the V-Chip, permit parents to block programming with a certain rating from coming into their home.
- The V-chip was an old safety Measure for droids which was able to hamper any violent behaviour, which was no longered used for a time. The magazine known as Popular Mechs, featured an article about the chip's return during the trial of the machine, B1-66ER.
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