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Do "parental controls" actually do anything?

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EyeMWing

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Seriously. The kind of parents who need parental control settings are the kind of parents who don't use them anyway. I have a V-Chip TV. It's set to allow everything through - but it's hard as hell to channel surf because it sits there for a second locking onto the rating part of the signal instead of just spitting out the content.

I have two PS2's. One of them I can't watch DVDs on because I accidentally turned on the parental controls and have NO idea what the password is.

But I've never seen anyone actually use it. Seems to just inconvenience me - just like copy protection doesn't stop piracy, but it breaks damn near every game that I actually purchase.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Seriously. The kind of parents who need parental control settings are the kind of parents who don't use them anyway. I have a V-Chip TV. It's set to allow everything through - but it's hard as hell to channel surf because it sits there for a second locking onto the rating part of the signal instead of just spitting out the content.

I have two PS2's. One of them I can't watch DVDs on because I accidentally turned on the parental controls and have NO idea what the password is.

But I've never seen anyone actually use it. Seems to just inconvenience me - just like copy protection doesn't stop piracy, but it breaks damn near every game that I actually purchase.
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On my PS2, when it asks for the password at startup, I just press the x button for the password, and it lets me through, I never set it up or anything, must be the default, maybe that would open yours up, unless you set a password and forgot it, then there maybe a jumper inside the box that resets the passwords on it...maybe, don't know much about PS2's though
 
I've set up parental controls on my DirecTV once. Had some friends stay with us for a few days because their house was without power during an ice storm in GA earlier this year. Their kids aren't even teenagers yet. So I set up parental controls so it'd block out all the R and PG-13 stuff on TV.

It worked like a champ!
 
It's much easier to blame Hollywood and "The Media" for your kids problems, than it is to setup a stupid 4 digit code on your TV.
 
Originally posted by: deftron
There should be parental controls...
on bags of Shrimp Chips
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yeah, when i'm at home my brother eats all my shrimp chips!!! 🙁

ps... i love that stuff!!
 
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