V chip (was: Going totally OT )

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Feb 11 16:50:37 2000

John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com> wrote about the "V Chip":
> (no I don't know what the protocol is for labeling the show but I assume
> it's some between-visible-scan-lines thing like closed captioning is),

Yes. In fact, it uses line 21 just like captioning, but is coded as
"enhanced data services" as per EIA 608. I think there's a newer standard
that gives the specific V-chip details.

I've been thinking about taking my closed caption decoder project, which
was formerly used in a hack to automatically mute the audio any time
O.J. was mentioned (the O.J. Mute-o-Matic, tm), and turn it into a device
to automatically find programming with high violence or "mature audience"
ratings.
Received on Fri Feb 11 2000 - 16:50:37 GMT