On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 11:33, Steve Meyers wrote: > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 10:17, Phillip Hellewell wrote: > > I had absolutely no idea they were already implementing this. I > > bought a new VCR and brought it home, only to discover that I can no > > longer watch DVDs! The source of the problem: copy protection. I > > called the VCR company and they kindly informed me that FCC regulation > > ???? now requires recording media to purposely cause the image to go > > haywire to prevent you from copying copyrighted material. The solution: > > "Plug the DVD player directly into your TV" they say. > > It's a bug in your VCR. It should not affect the pass-through, it > should only activate when you try to record. That's how my VCR works, > anyway. > > To remove Macrovision encoding, try one of these: > http://www.birdbrainpress.com/decoder/decoder.htm > > Or go to Radio Shack and get an RF Modulator, which will let you hook > your DVD directly to the TV. I think they're about $20-$30.
One of the byproducts of using the rf modulator is that it removes macrovision, I think, so you could plug it into the VCR and record DVDs on channel 3. > > Steve > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
