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Posted by Deke on 01/19/06 05:04
"John" <jlwsecure-usenet5@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns974FBF70F120jlwsecure@207.115.17.102...
> Larry LaMere <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in
> news:1tkss1tujdurmdbtoj3i420nl2ketnfbgn@4ax.com:
>
> > Hey again Deke, yup that was it. Evidently the old TV had the closed
> > captioning turned on. Now the only problem is a bright flash that
> > seems to occur randomly but more often with a movie that's in color.
> >
> > I'm going to hook up a different VCR to see if that's the problem.
> >
>
> Glad you got the major problem figured out. Too bad you had to go thru
the
> trouble of returning a (we know now) good recorder.
>
> The problem you are experiencing now is likely our good friend
Macrovision.
> It is a nice jamming system that will toss in just enough bad video to
make
> copying a tape useless. There are devices used to scrub the Macrovision
> signal, that can be found.
>
>
Never have seen a copy protected tape cause a flash....slow fade, weird
colors, and variable brightness as the agc in the recorder responds to the
noise in the luminance signal, but no flash.
I've seen flash caused by a bad solder joint tho, and also by a failing
picture tube. I believe, from Larrys recent problems, the cause of the
flash is related to a defect in the TV. One easy way to find out is to use
the tuner in the TV, without any VCR at all. Or give the TV the NWJ
test,,,,,tap on the sides, top, and back of the TV, see what happens.
Deke
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