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Posted by Deke on 08/31/06 15:30
"Bill McCutcheon" <wjmccn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Deke" <no spam@starband.net> wrote in message
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> > "Bill McCutcheon" <wjmccn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:ITnGg.12226$xp2.297@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> >> "MS" <No.Way.Jose@No.Spam.Thank.You.com> wrote in message
> >> news:abjGg.6619$r61.127@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> >> The only caveat is that almost none will record copy protected
> > material.
> >> >
> >> > However if the VHS tapes have macrovision (VHS copy protection system
/
> >> > signal) it can be removed with the use of a macrovision removal
device.
> >> > Search the web for 'macrovision removal'. Note that recording VHS to
> >> > DVD
> >> > will have to be done in real time, so if you have a lot of tapes this
> >> > could take a very long time.
> >> >
> >> > HTH.
> >>
> >> Yep, Macrovision (an analog copy protection) can be removed pretty
easily
> > by
> >> using a "video stabilizer." Of course, with a combo unit, it is
> > impossible
> >> to insert such a device between the VHS output and DVD/HDD input; you
> >> need
> > a
> >> separate VHS player.
> >>
> >> However, most new releases, both DVD and VHS, contain digital copy
> >> protection which triggers the "cannot copy" feature of a DVD/HDD
> >> recorder.
> >> The aforementioned video stabilizers do nothing to defeat this.
> >>
> >> -- Bill McC.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Not true. The Sima CT-2 will remove the digital flag quite
> > effectively. It will, of course, remove macrovision also.
> > The CT-2 will allow tape to DVD, or DVD to DVD-R recording. It will
also
> > remove the flag from digital cable, or satellite DVR.
> >
> > Deke
> >
>
> Good to know! Thanks for the correction/update. Obviously, this unit
> offers more than most video stabilizers.
>
> -- Bill McC.
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>
Quite a handy unit...s-video and composite inputs, plus four settings for
video enhancements.
Deke
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