Posted by GMAN on 11/02/05 03:06

In article <1130807568.853017.208080@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, bill_nielsen_99@hotmail.com wrote:
>Thanks for all who responded.
>
>The problem happens with recording HBO/Cinemax from digital cable, but
>not the other premium services (e.g., Starz, Showtime or standard cable
>channels). HBO has a CGMS-A FAQ
>(http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/cgmsafaq.shtml/) that indicates that they
>now encode their signals with CGMS-A copy protection. For linear
>(scheduled) programming" they allow Copy Once. I used disks formatted
>for DVD-RW VR, which is the only recording format that supposedly
>supports Copy Once, but this didn't work. Unfortunately, my Sony is
>treating HBO/Cinemax signals as Copy Never and I can't make the one
>copy that I am entitled to make.
>
>Neither Sony or Cox tech support had any suggestions that helped
>recording directly to DVD. Cox suggested copying first to VHS (which
>does work OK) then dubbing VHS to DVD. This wasn't the solution I was
>looking for as I would see a noticable degradation in quality.
>
>Bill
>
In the manual that came with my Sony RDR-GX7, it states that in able to record
a show that has a broadcast flag, one must use a DVD-RW in VR mode.

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