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...less daunting. Two years ago, Gemstar Development Corp. introduced VCR Plus+, a remote control-size gadget that simplifies programming by assigning each show a code of one to eight digits. The user punches in the code numbers, which instantly program the VCR to record at the proper time and channel. Sales of VCR Plus+ have reached about 6 million worldwide, and 600 U.S. newspapers, along with TV Guide, now carry the code numbers in their TV listings. The device is being incorporated into some new VCRs. "I'm not mechanically inclined," says TV producer Dick Clark, a VCR Plus+ enthusiast...
...comes an even more sophisticated effort to tame the VCR. The VCR Voice Programmer, a voice-activated remote-control device being launched nationally this week by Voice Powered Technology, eliminates button pushing almost entirely. Just bark commands into the microphone -- channel number, day, time -- and the machine does your bidding. A viewer can call out commands for a variety of other VCR functions as well, from "rewind" to "zap it" (whiz through the commercials...
...passed federal law, the FCC has the opportunity to force a change. Unfortunately this is unlikely to occur during the last days of the Bush administration. The act passed into existence unsigned by the president. Considering that Bush's education secretary, Lamer Alexander, is a former board member of "Channel One"--a corporate venture to broadcast television within primary and secondary schools--even this non-action seem amazing...
Talking To Animals often play at Boston clubs The Paradise, Nightstage. The Channel, Avalon, T.T the Bears and The Plow. At a recent gig at the Middle East Cafe, they energized the room, transforming hesitant dancing into uninhibited partying...
Question One would raise the 26-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes to 51 cents and channel the added revenue into a newly-created Health Protection Fund. The estimated $130 million that would be collected would be used to expand current smoking prevention efforts...