>Kate Bowles mentioned the V-chip in her note on Media Censorship in >Australia. Pardon my ignorance, but what is the V-chip? > As I understand it. It is an elctronic chip that allows TV shows to be monitor by a frequency that will be broadcast along with transmission of the program. The V-Chip can be programmed not to recieve certain transmissions. So a program with a Violence (V) rating will emit a certain frequency. Certain parents can program their TV's not to accept this transmission if they do not wish their children to watch it. This programming can be overridden with codes. So when the kiddies are asleep the adults can play. Hope this clears it up a bit. ------------ " Even a stopped clock gives the correct time twice a day." Deano - don't know ------------ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]