Posted by kim on 10/15/06 18:23

<peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just bought a DVDR (panasonic). We've got loads of old films on video
> and I'd like to transfer them to DVD and therefore get rid of the old
> VCR. I play the video through one of the AV channels but I keep getting
> the error message "cannot record". Is this a setup fault? Or a
> copywright issue?

Yes, it's a copyright issue. Am friend had the same problem with his
Panasonic (DMR-E50). He solved it by buying a so-called "video stabiliser".
He tells me that not only bypassed the copy protection, there was a vast
improvement in the quality of his VHS transfers.

Regretably, the firm he bought it from (Lektropacks) say they no longer
supply this kind of equipment. I'm told Maplin doesn't either but there are
plenty of other firms advertising on the internet and in the back pages of
video magazines.

(kim)

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