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"WHO HATES AGE RESTRICTIONS!"

I hate games with age restrictions

it annoying
wot do u think?

nuff said

It was also Adams Family Values!!

Bonus wrote:
> The American system is quite nifty actually, that should be cool,
> they also have the chips in the TV which get a signal sent to them
> and if the system is set so that kids cannot watch programmes with
> this rating, then the picture goes off and a password must be
> entered, how cool is that!!!

It would be eay enoug to implement on Sky TV...

(I think I've mentioned this before, if I have, then I robably presented it a little better then :) ) ...

but...

Sky Digital could have, in its setting section, viewing restrictions... like age certificate, amount of violence, sex, nudity, swearing, etc...

When these locks are used/turned off...etc..

You could even get a quick overview when you called up the info on the program...

With the extra informtion allowed by Digital TV, this info could be sent whenever admission to the transmission was selected (whenever someone selects the channel)...

The software to handle this is already installed... from passworld lockouts, reception selection (wether pay-per-view movies can be watched, how much money can be spent, etc...)

In this way parents could decide what sort of programs their children were watching... They wouldnt have to screen every program their child saw, or monitor what channels they were turning to, etc...

Yeah, but the Americans get cable type TV free, so their system works across formats and companies, and is solely down to the parents what their children can and can't watch!!

Bonus wrote:
> Yeah, but the Americans get cable type TV free,

Americans dont get cable TV free...

Sure???? Some places do, no?? Oh well, my ideal world has just been made better!!

Bonus wrote:
> Yeah, but the Americans get cable type TV free, so their system
> works across formats and companies, and is solely down to the
> parents what their children can and can't watch!!

Although I dont know how other systems work... Ive never tried a cable system... so cable/OnDigital owners, etc... may be able to get the same setup...

I suppose that people watching the free digitals channels could have the same things...

but than again, I wasnt trying to get a UK Vs. US tv thing going?

(besides, as the Simpsons, in their infinite wisdom, have shown, any such system is hardly foolproof :) )

Its just much easier for a service provider to supply such a service than it is for BBC/ITV/etc... to supply the service to the limited number of users purchasing the compatible TV/SetTop Boxes, etc...

???

But thats the thing it works the same way as videoplus+ does, a little signal is sent to the TV to tell it what the content of the film is like, if the TV is set to filter programmes with this signal type then it doesn!! It would work across formats/companies etc. and if parents wanted it they would buy a compatible TV!!

Bonus wrote:
> But thats the thing it works the same way as videoplus+ does, a
> little signal is sent to the TV to tell it what the content of the
> film is like, if the TV is set to filter programmes with this signal
> type then it doesn!! It would work across formats/companies etc.
> and if parents wanted it they would buy a compatible TV!!


Armitage Shanks wrote:
Its just much
> easier for a service provider to supply such a service than it is
> for BBC/ITV/etc... to supply the service to the limited number of
> users purchasing the compatible TV/SetTop Boxes, etc...


Arguing over the same point... I think weve been hree before? :)

Mewtwo wrote:
> Age retristions are simply out of date and need reviewing.

What would you suggest as an alternative?

How about culling anyone that was not old enough to meet an Age restriction!