Posted by Nick Dobb on 09/15/06 20:21

"Denzil Hathway" <hathway@cox.net> wrote in message
news:m4rOg.20649$RD.10296@fed1read08...
> I'm far from being an expert but a couple of things occur to me. Your
> symptoms sure do sound like copy-protection interference. Not every video
> enhancer will remove all forms of copy-protection. There are forms other
> than Macrovision

I've also experienced the problem with VHS recordings which have been made
from terrestrial or satellite TV, from non-copy-protected channels (i.e. not
movies or similar, just good ol' BBC1). Hence I do not believe that copy
protection can be the problem.

> Second point is on PAL versus NTSC. Video enhancers have to be set to the
> format - the Sima for instance has three settings, PAL, NTSC and AUTO -
> where the setting is made for you. Denzil.

This one doesn't have a PAL/NTSC switch. However I know it works 'cos I used
to use it successfully to remove copy protection when copying from DVD to
VHS. But as I say, this isn't really relevant.

[Back to original message]