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Methods for Bypassing Faulty VChips?

Posted by Cliff on from the liberating-your-picture dept.

corporal_clegg asks: "I bought a Sharp 27" TV a year or so ago to serve as a second TV and PS2 gaming platform. When I recently attempted to play a DVD through the game console, the VChip kicked in and presented a beautifully rendered black rectangle on the screen. No amount of menu manipulation on either the game console or the TV can remove the VChip blocking; both system menus report the VChip as disabled, yet it continues to block all programming: golf, kids shows, everything. This occurs if the game console is attached and operating or completely removed. Of course the operating manuals provide no help on addressing these issues, and the manufacturers' web sites are likewise useless. So the question is: does anyone out there in slash-land know how to identify and remove, bypass or hardware reset the VChip/ blocking technology? I am very comfortable working at the board level and would much rather crack my case and fix this problem myself than take an 80lb TV to a repair shop only to be charged it's replacement cost to address the problem."

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  1. SledgeHammer by justanyone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try the trusty tool available from any Viking Supply House.

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  2. At least by duffbeer703 · · Score: 3, Funny

    the children will be protected from the filth & violence on tv!

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  3. Are ya gonna want that chip? by the+darn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because if you're not, we could implant it in a potty-mouthed 3rd grader and endow him with super-electro-zappy powers..

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    1. Re:Are ya gonna want that chip? by JDWTopGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

      I recently had a V-chip implanted in my brain. Now I no longer need clothing, as the V-chip places a nicely-rendered black rectangle over my parts.

      That's one V-chip you don't wanna turn off, trust me.

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  4. Seen too much... by jolshefsky · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps you've seen too much already. V-chip knows.

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    Karma: Poser (mostly affected by adding this line long after everyone else did)

  5. Re:DID YOU CALL SHARP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Harsh words from someone who can't spell "TV" correctly...

  6. Nice try, Junior! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    We know you're really 9 years old. You're going to have to wait a few years before we'll let you watch "The View".

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  7. Re:DMCA violation? by jsewell · · Score: 2, Funny

    do we care?

  8. Re:DMCA violation? by duplicate-nickname · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe not the DMCA, but possibly the lesser known AMCA.

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  9. yay V-Chip by mattsucks · · Score: 3, Funny

    report the VChip as disabled, yet it continues to block all programming: golf, kids shows, everything.

    As it should.