The copy protection on standard def video content is located in the vertical blanking interval, the same place vchip data and closed captioning data is located. One can buy a proc amp with the ability to delete lines of video on a line by line basis to get by the copy protection. That device will run you 3 grand.
VHS? what is VHS? As far as the original question, no...there are no 'magic' signals running in a DVR coax. I have not heard of this problem specifically, but will run under the assumption it is a new energy-star compliant 'feature' that was added with the new software. My guess is the previous poster was correct in that is activates the activity of the DVR when it senses activity...likely through the IR remote sensor. Even though the DVR will not respond to the TV's remote commands, it does see them there. So when you turn on the set, that IR pulse from the TV remote lets the DVR know the king is in his domain. Jeff On Dec 1, 10:19 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > >> I was wondering about what Kevin said about the VCR knowing a > >> protected DVD shouldn't be copied. Isn't that because the DVD has a > >> code included in its audio or video signal? So it's not that the VCR > >> is reaching out to the DVD player, but that the DVD player is sending > >> out a block? > > It's because the video on the DVD is encoded in such a way that the DVD > > player (and the TV) can handle the signal fine, but the VCR can't. > > > Copy-protection on prerecorded VHS tapes worked similarly: the VCR could > > deal with it upon playback, but it would "confuse" a VCR that's trying to > > record it. > > My fault for attempting an analogy, as all analogies are imperfect. > All I was saying was that there is a signal being sent from one device > to another device via the coax which indicates power to a monitor. > > -- > Kevin M. (who promises no more analogies) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
