Byline: EUN LEE KOH The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON -- The V-chip is here.
In the past three weeks, televisions equipped with the device have started appearing on store shelves. But some consumer groups and parents foresee problems with the device that is being touted as a tool for filtering unwanted programming from children's television viewing.
The V-chip will be in at least half of all new television sets 13 inches or larger on the market by Thursday, as required by the 1996 telecommunications act. By January, the device will be a regular feature.
At least 25 million new television sets are expected to be sold within the next 18 months, according to Representative Edward J. Markey, the Malden Democrat who drafted the law.
``Within a few months, tens of thousands of V-chip TVs will be in homes all across America. Within a year, …
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