Clear Play

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:30 pm

Does anyone here own Clear Play?

Pseudonym · Post by **Pseudonym** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:47 pm

Moved to Harlequin since it is media-related.

I've heard of it. Is it like an actual DVD player or something that plugs into a DVD player?

jelly · Post by **jelly** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:48 pm

I've heard of it, but I don't know what it is.

Shadowfax · Post by **Shadowfax** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:50 pm

I've heard that it is a system to filter out the inappropriate content of a really great movie that is highly-rated?

It sounds great! How much do these things normally cost?

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:58 pm

I have friends who have Clear Play or something similar, if I understand correctly. I just find it annoying.

They have had it for forever, maybe there is a newer version that does a better job or something. The way their's blocks swearing is to silence the audio the entire time any word it doesn't like (and not all swear words) is showing up in the Closed Captioning, so you can't really tell what's going on sometimes.

Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:03 pm

The Top Crusader wrote:I have friends who have Clear Play or something similar, if I understand correctly. I just find it annoying. They have had it for forever, maybe there is a newer version that does a better job or something. The way their's blocks swearing is to silence the audio the entire time any word it doesn't like (and not all swear words) is showing up in the Closed Captioning, so you can't really tell what's going on sometimes.

No, that was a TVG. Clearplay is different, and is far more lenient as far as language goes- it only silences real language, not 'heck' and 'poop'

, and only silences the word, not the whole sentence. Also, you can change filter settings, and turn whole sections off. They have sections for 'language,' 'vulgarity,' 'violence,' 'nudity,' etc...; violence, for instance, is almost always off or on least with us. Oh, and it doesn't go off of closed captioning like TVG did, either.

The ClearPlay is a dvd player in and of itself. It goes for $80.00. You then buy a subscription to their 'filters'. In order to watch a movie, you have to download the filter for it into a zip drive and plug it into your ClearPlay. They have a filter for just about every movie, and come out with new filters for new releases as soon as they come out

.

Also. ClearPlay $\:D/$ .

Shadowfax · Post by **Shadowfax** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:06 pm

Can you imagine turning off the violence in Lord of the Rings?

Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:07 pm

Shadowfax wrote:Can you imagine turning off the violence in Lord of the Rings?

Actually, when certain movies are that violent, they don't have the filter capability to filter violence out to begin with. Such is the case with Lord of the Rings.

Dr Ninja · Post by **Dr Ninja** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:13 pm

So it's basically like watching a TV edited movie without the commercials right?

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Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:15 pm

derekschroer wrote:So it's basically like watching a TV edited movie without the commercials right?

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More like watching a movie previously riddled with garbage, and having all of the the sex, nudity, and perverse language removed $\:D/$ .

Actually, it's pretty awesome, and we haven't had it mess up a story-line even once. The only way you can even tell something was taken out is because it skips, slightly, to a different scene.

Lord Sesshoumaru · Post by **Lord Sesshoumaru** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:18 pm

Iron and Light wrote:
derekschroer wrote:So it's basically like watching a TV edited movie without the commercials right?

D
More like watching a movie previously riddled with garbage, and having all of the the sex, nudity, and perverse language removed $\:D/$ .

Actually, it's pretty awesome, and we haven't had it mess up a story-line even once. The only way you can even tell something was taken out is because it skips, slightly, to a different scene.

so sometimes you go out a get a DVD and you see the opening credits and then the closeing credits

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:19 pm

Iron and Light wrote:
The Top Crusader wrote:I have friends who have Clear Play or something similar, if I understand correctly. I just find it annoying. They have had it for forever, maybe there is a newer version that does a better job or something. The way their's blocks swearing is to silence the audio the entire time any word it doesn't like (and not all swear words) is showing up in the Closed Captioning, so you can't really tell what's going on sometimes.
No, that was a TVG. Clearplay is different, and is far more lenient as far as language goes- it only silences real language, not 'heck' and 'poop' , and only silences the word, not the whole sentence. Also, you can change filter settings, and turn whole sections off. They have sections for 'language,' 'vulgarity,' 'violence,' 'nudity,' etc...; violence, for instance, is almost always off or on least with us. Oh, and it doesn't go off of closed captioning like TVG did, either.

The ClearPlay is a dvd player in and of itself. It goes for $80.00. You then buy a subscription to their 'filters'. In order to watch a movie, you have to download the filter for it into a zip drive and plug it into your ClearPlay. They have a filter for just about every movie, and come out with new filters for new releases as soon as they come out .

Also. ClearPlay $\:D/$ .

That actually doesn't sound horribly annoying like TVG! $\:D/$

KODY 105 · Post by **KODY 105** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:44 pm

... A zip drive? People still use those?

Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:47 pm

KODY 105 wrote:... A zip drive? People still use those?

Pardon me

. A flash drive.

Dr Ninja · Post by **Dr Ninja** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:50 pm

KODY 105 wrote:... A zip drive? People still use those?

It doesn't use a Zip drive It' uses a USB Thumb Drive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearplay#How_it_works

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EK · Post by EK » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:51 pm

derekschroer wrote:
KODY 105 wrote:... A zip drive? People still use those?
It doesn't use a Zip drive It' uses a USB Thumb Drive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearplay#How_it_works

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LOL. Filterstick? Seriously?

Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:54 pm

Tyler wrote:
derekschroer wrote:
KODY 105 wrote:... A zip drive? People still use those?
It doesn't use a Zip drive It' uses a USB Thumb Drive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearplay#How_it_works

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LOL. Filterstick? Seriously?

Indeed, and it works like a charm $\:D/$ .

They send you a thumb drive with the player, but any flash drive will work. The filters are so small, though, that they all fit on the same drive (and there are hundreds of them).

EK · Post by EK » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:59 pm

If there's evil content in your movies why are you watching such evil movies in the first place!?

jelly · Post by **jelly** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:04 pm

Tyler wrote:If there's evil content in your movies why are you watching such evil movies in the first place!?

Exactly what I've been thinking.

"Hey, now that I have Clear Play, I'm going to go and rent lots of movies with sex, nudity, and perverse language!" $\:D/$

Amethystic · Post by **Amethystic** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:05 pm

Jellyfish11 wrote:
Tyler wrote:If there's evil content in your movies why are you watching such evil movies in the first place!?
Exactly what I've been thinking.

"Hey, now that I have Clear Play, I'm going to go and rent lots of movies with sex, nudity, and perverse language!" $\:D/$

But Clear Play gets rid of that stuff.