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  2. V-chip - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. President Bill Clinton holding a V-chip in 1996. V-chip is a technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, that allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category.

  3. Sanyo - Wikipedia

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    Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (三洋電機株式会社, San'yō Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1947 by Toshio Iue, the brother-in-law of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial, now known as Panasonic.

  4. Amazon Fire TV - Wikipedia

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    The former logo of Fire TV. Amazon Fire TV (stylized as amazon fireTV) is a line of digital media players and microconsoles developed by Amazon since 2014. [12] [13] [14] The devices are small network appliances that deliver digital audio and video content streamed via the Internet to a connected high-definition television.

  5. Fire alarm notification appliance - Wikipedia

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    The majority of audible notification appliances installed prior to 1996 produced a steady sound for evacuation. In general, no common standard at that time mandated any particular tone, or pattern for audible fire alarm evacuation signals. While less common than a steady sound, differing signaling methods were used for the same purpose.

  6. Fire OS - Wikipedia

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    developer.amazon.com /docs /fire-tv /fire-os-overview.html Fire OS is an Android -based operating system developed by Amazon for their hardware devices . Fire OS includes proprietary software , a customized user interface primarily centered on content consumption, and heavy ties to content available from Amazon's storefronts and services.

  7. Television encryption - Wikipedia

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    The prevention of piracy on cable and satellite networks has been one of the main factors in the development of Pay TV encryption systems. The early cable-based Pay TV networks used no security. This led to problems with people connecting to the network without paying. Consequently, some methods were developed to frustrate these self-connectors.

  8. ATSC standards - Wikipedia

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    The ATSC signal is more susceptible to changes in radio propagation conditions than DVB-T and ISDB-T. It also lacks true hierarchical modulation , which would allow the SDTV part of an HDTV signal (or the audio portion of a television program) to be received uninterrupted even in fringe areas where signal strength is low.

  9. Fire alarm call box - Wikipedia

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    When the box is activated by turning a knob or pulling a hook, a spring-loaded wheel turns, tapping out a pulsed electrical signal corresponding to the box's number. [1] A receiver at fire headquarters announces the alarm through flashing lights or tones, or via a pen recorder, and the box number is matched to a list of box locations. In modern ...