Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/02/06 17:31

Roy L. Fuchs (roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:31:01 -0700, Tony <tonylev@gmail.com> Gave us:
>
> >Just got a Pioneer DVD recorder. Should I be able to backup my
> >laserdiscs to DVD or will the "copy protection" prevent this? I ask
> >as the laserdiscs contain no copy protection system that I am aware
> >of. Do I need additional hardware?
>
>
> Earlier disc didn't. Later discs had MV on them IIRC.

Look, stop posting so much stupidity. Even a trivial Google search
verifies that you are wrong here, like most of your other posts.

No laserdisc had Macrovision, as that part of the vertical blanking
interval (which is where Macrovision exists) is used for other purposes
on laserdiscs (to control the player with automatic "pause" and "play"
commands).

It would have been possible to have a laserdisc *player* create Macrovision
(like DVD players do), but that would require some special flag on
protected discs as well, so older discs could never be protected, and
players without this feature would never emit Macrovision.

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