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Auto-Censoring DVD Player
Gogl writes "Those clever folks at RCA have apparently designed a DVD player that automatically scans movies and censors them to make them kosher, as it were. That means none of the naughty bits and none of those bad words either. It will be sold by Walmart for the price of $79, and what with the recent Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' this product will likely be lauded by the FCC and moralists everywhere, though Hollywood is already complaining."
It sounds like they have some type of database that stores what content to censor for a particular movie. I wonder how they are going to keep this databse up to date for new movies? It seems this would only work for DVD's and not live TV.
No one is trying to take your b00bies away. If you want them, you can have them. That's your right. However, recognize that there are people out there who are offended by such things and regret that there are so many films that feature boobies or other naughty bits ruining, by their estimation, an otherwise good movie. This is the market that this player is for. Don't think of your mother trying to censor your entertainment intake. Think of poor granny who'd have a coronary if she saw the unedited version of Chicago.
No one is forcing you to buy this player. In fact, corporations are trying to take that option from you. I'd rather the choice between naughty and nice DVD players even if I always choose the naughty ones rather than only have one choice because Hollywood says I can't have the nice one.