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An electronic circuit in a TV that parents can use to block TV programs they consider objectionable for their children. The FCC mandated that post January 1, 2000, all TVs 13" and larger contain the V-Chip. TV programs are rated, based on violence and sexual content, and this rating is transmitted in the TV's vertical blanking interval (VBI). The V-Chip is a programmable closed-caption controller chip that decodes the signals. For existing TVs, a V-Chip set-top box can be added. |
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Dear CEA member: This is a request for you to educate and mobilize consumers around four primary issues: hearing loss prevention, digital television (DTV), the V-chip and home recording rights. V-Chip Champion Chosen as Gore Vice Presidential Running Mate 20, 1996--Acacia Research Corporation (Symbol:ACRI) announced today that a company it formed, Soundview Technologies Incorporated, is in the final stages of developing the V-Chip Converter, an external V-chip device to be available for use with the 200 million television sets in the United States that will be "deaf" to V-chip signals. |
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