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Rod Melotte

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can this be done? I've tried hooking the DVD cables to Video 1 on the VCR but all recordings turn out dark with lines.

Is this something the DVD companies have done to keep us guys from recording to a VHS tape?
 
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Yes. It's called color-stripe Macrovision. Most DVDs are encoded to turn on the Macro encoder in your DVD player. It is not actually encoded on the disc itself. A few music videos and test discs are not coded.

Dana

P.S. Why in God's name would you want to degrade the superb quality of a DVD by copying it to crap-vision VHS?
 

SpenceJT

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Rod,

Send me an e-mail. I'm thinking of getting a Madison are Home Theater group together.

Spence
 

Rod Melotte

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Top answer Dana's question. So I could record Shrek for my mom who does not have a DVD player
 

RicP

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Top answer Dana's question. So I could record Shrek for my mom who does not have a DVD player
You do of course realize that the act you describe is illegal right? That's exactly what Macrovision was developed to prevent.

And on that note, we can watch the thread close...
 

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