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V-Chip
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V-chip is a generic term used for a feature of
television receivers allowing the blocking of programs based on their
Television rating system category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. All 13-inch and larger televisions manufactured for the
Television rating system category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. All 13-inch and larger televisions manufactured for the
U.S._market_since
January 1,
2000 are required to have the V-chip
technology.
The rated programs' signals are encoded according to the rating, on
line 21 of the broadcast signal's
vertical blanking interval using the
Extended Data Services 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 technology was developed by
Tim Collings of
Simon Fraser University.
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 savvier youth patient enough to 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).
Parodies and spoofs
The V-chip was .
Eric Cartman, an eight-year-old boy, was constantly swearing as a result of watching the fictional
R-rated Terrance and Phillip film
Asses of Fire. As a result, a 'V-chip' was implanted in Cartman's brain that delivered an electric shock whenever he swore. The scene where the chip's effect is displayed to the public is a parody of
A Clockwork Orange. The chip later malfunctioned and this helped the heroes defeat
Saddam Hussein as he tried to invade the world.
South Park is well known for making political statements and social commentary, and presumably the writers were trying to point out that using technology (in this case the V-chip) to forcibly change children's behavior doesn't necessarily improve that behavior or eliminate the perceived underlying cause.
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The V-chip is also mentioned in the song "Spiders" performed by System Of A Down (".... the V-chip gives them sight, dreams are made winding through my head...")
See also
- Television rating system
- Motion picture rating system
- Edited movie External links
- v-chip.org (Ad Council)
- FCC V-Chip information
- TV Parental Guidelines
- Disable your V-Chip
- National Association of Broadcasters' TV Guidelines information
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