Today I'd like to introduce you to a DVD player that takes the bad out of most movies.
ClearPlay (http://www.clearplay.com/) is a DVD player/service that removes the "bad stuff" from your DVD's by seemlessly editting it out.
How it works is pretty simple. You download the filters for whatever movies you plan on watching (or have in your DVD library) onto a jump drive. You then plug the jump drive into the ClearPlay DVD player and it will pull the info when you watch your movies.
You get to set the level of filtering done based on a variety of categories, such as gore, violence, sex, and language. For scenes containing things you don't want to see, the ClearPlay DVD player seemlessly removes the scene so that you don't even notice it was missing. For language, the player mutes the DVD whever bad language is used. The people at ClearPlay do their best to maintain the plot of the movie (if they didn't, then there'd be little point in WATCHING the movie) while cleaning it up.
If you're wondering if they cover movies you might already own, you can go to their website (http://www.clearplay.com/) and search their list of over 2,000 movies that they cover.
The only problem with this system is how it might affect your testimony if you run into someone you know while at Blockbuster with your arms full of R-rated movies. That could have a negative impact if they don't know that you are running the ClearPlay system. Just something to consider.
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The only other problem is that someone I know (that has ClearPlay) was telling someone else that they watched such & such movie & so that person rented it & watched it (without having ClearPlay) and were like "Wow, that's a bad movie!".
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In this era of technology it's great that it is possible. They also sell DVD/VCR combo players that have close-caption technology (we have a few) muting foul language, or even displaying slang counterparts on the screen if you like, which can turn PG movies due to language into G ones (although the frightening R.O.U.S.'s in 'The Princess Bride' can't be filtered out using this method!). Of course, you know you've picked a real winner when half the movie is muted out...
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