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. Steve ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
