From: IN%"frissell@panix.com" "Duncan Frissell" 22-FEB-1996 12:01:13.17

Why, Oh why is there so so much talk about the V Chip. This stupid device only covers over-the-air broadcast TV a dying part of the spectrum. It does not cover cable-only programs (HBO, etc) and it does not cover net-based audio and (soon) video programming. It is meaningless.

If I recall correctly, Europe still has a lot of over-the-air broadcast TV. Moreover, if the device works from signals cosent with the TV broadcast, it could perfectly well work with cable. Indeed, I had thought it did - the companies that mainly produce stuff for cable seemed to be protesting it just as much as the broadcast networks. -Allen