Jim Clark wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Dave Fitch wrote:
> > 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 isn't true either. I bought a DVD player (set top box, not for my
PC) a few weeks ago. At the time I didn't know about Macrovision, or
that there was no RF/75 Ohm arial output on the back of the DVD player.
My TV is old and doesn't have RCA A/V input jacks, only the 75 ohm arial
connector. I ended up buying an RF converter, which converts the video
out from the DVD to VHF ch 0/1. I thought that this might enable me to
copy my DVD's, by plugging it into the arial input of my VCR (as opposed
to using the Video/Audio input RCA jacks), but Macrovision was still
active.
>
> 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.
As mentioned above, I bought an RF converter (from Jaycar; its labelled
as being for a CCD camera). Picture quality is not very good however.
Eventually I will buy a new TV with S-Video input.
Tandy has a "Video Enhancer/Decoder" box that supposedly removes
Macrovision from the video signal (at least, the staff told me that it
would enable me to connect my DVD to my VCR). It cost $120 IIRC. I
didn't buy it.
Matthew
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