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tvg+ TVGuardian, the Foul Language Filter
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What is TVGuardian?
TVGuardian (TVG) technology has been around since 1999. Originally a set top box, TVG has appeared in VHS players, DVD, BluRay, and DishNetwork. Now with tvg+ the technology is ready for the online era.
tvg+ is a browser extension of the TVGuardian powered service that works with a variety of streaming services and web content to filter offensive words and phrases. tvg+ is expanding its filtering technology to target over 350 variations of foul language references and vulgar terms. It is also a far better experience for the viewer by randomizing replacements, grammar detection, and plural matching.
TVGuardian monitors the hidden closed-caption text in the background while you watch TV. Even though you usually do not see the closed-captions, nearly all streaming services have closed captions for TV shows and movies. TVG reads the closed captions ahead of the audio, and knows what’s going to be said before it’s said. Each word is checked against a dictionary of more than 350+ offensive words and phrases. When a foul word or phrase is detected, tvg+ automatically mutes the offensive language.
TVGuardian has multiple filter settings, including: Strict, Moderate, Tolerant.
Word Sets fine-tune your viewing experience: allow some offensive religious uses, sexual references, foreign words, rude references, drug references, and common racial words and phrases.
Q: Does tvg+ catch-all offensive words and phrases?
tvg+ is very accurate. It does catch 100% in most movies and TV programs. It may miss a word from time to time if an error exists in the closed captioning. On average it has better than a 95% accuracy rate.
Q: Some words seem to slip through, why is that?
tvg+ detects profanity by reading the closed-captioning information. Occasionally, because of errors in the closed-captioning information, bad words may slip through.
Q: Does the tvg+ just mute the profane word?
No. tvg+ mutes around the phrase when profanity is detected. This is due to the automatic nature of the technology.
Q: Do closed captions need to be turned on?
Yes, closed captions need to be turned on in order for tvg+ to detect words and phrases.
Latest reviews
- (2025-06-24) Luke Estep: I tried to play Disney Plus through TVG+ but it did not take any of the words of scenes out. I tried turning on the subtitles for the movie but that would not work ether. I could not get ahold of support as his discord invite did not work.
- (2024-07-16) Ken Crabtree: Installed the extension and watched "Four Weddings and a Funeral" on Prime Video without foul language! I'd watched it before but all the cursing kind of ruined it for me. This worked perfectly. And it's not just for watching on my PC. Attached an HDMI cord from laptop to my big screen TV and received great quality. Love it.
- (2024-07-02) Aland Coons: This extension works with Chrome and other compatible browsers such as Brave to remove foul language based on the available closed captioning. I used to use the "set top" boxes for TVG years ago (in the days of VCR/DVD players) and this works similarly but is updated to be able to filter streaming services from Hulu, Netflix, Prime Video, and YouTube TV (known list as of 6/2024).
- (2024-07-02) Elizabeth Nunnally: I love being able to watch streaming services without foul language! This extension is super easy to use. I love that it filters the bad language out but replaces it with an appropriate phrase. Definitely recommend!
- (2024-06-12) Dee Bee: We watched several movies on Netflix and Prime of most ratings to test filtering ability of this newly updated app (5/2024). It now appears to work flawlessly to mute foul language and replace the screen captioning around those words with nicer words as long as the closed captioning itself (generally produced by companies contracted by the programming producers like Discovery Channel, etc.) is not defective. Who knew? In some cases (not many) we found the foul word not included in the printed screen caption at all and was therefore audible. With most well-produced dramatized war documentaries (probably the most egregious cussing genre on tv & usually rated R) we were now able to watch for historic value without all the apparently "normal" language associated with military personal that caused us to abort them in the 1st episode in the past. PG-13 and PG movies all worked without a hitch. After seeing how well this updated app worked with my laptop I decided to buy a very affordable mini-pc from GMKtec (all the brains without the screen, mouse & keyboard) to dedicate to the home theater shelf, and borrowed my desktop's Logitech wireless keyboard and trackball to set it up. When not watching tv the mini-pc doesn't need to be shut down as it is an SSD that will last virtually for ever and hardly use any power when no video or audio is being processed. So, just a wireless trackball (I suggest a USB receiver type rather than Bluetooth for signal reliability) is needed to wake up the mini-pc to watch. We have had a Pioneer 5.1 audio receiver to improve tv sound for many years. The HDMI from the GMKtec mini pc works perfectly plugged into the receiver, (and then the receiver to the tv as usual) to cause the audio to bypass our tv's pretty limited speakers & come alive. Our tv watching just got a LOT better with TVG+ 5 stars !
- (2024-05-19) Peter Knight: Watched Netflix - xXx: Return of Xander Cage. TVG+ made it 10x’s better. Easy to use and cast to any screen. Chrome extension sits at top of browser. Love it.