On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Dave Fitch wrote:
> "Jon Biddell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Anybody know how to kill macrovision protection?? (the thing that >stops you
>plugging your DVD player into a VCR?)
> >
> > I would have thought that taking the TV out from your video card directly to the
>VCR would work.
> >
> > Or, as I'd do, the video out from the TV itself... Must try it sometime..
>
> is that true that you can't plug a VCR into a DVD player and tape DVDs?
> Sounds like a bummer. If you can see it on the TV though, then you can
> tape it, but maybe at less quality.
this is incorrect. Macrovision can actually prevent the VCR from taping (and in
some models even viewing) the DVD player output. A friend here at work ended
up buying a new TV to get A/V inputs, since his VCR would not pass the signal
(uninterrupted) to the old TV's arial input.
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Cheers,
Jim.
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