Re: convert VHS to DVD

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On 3/11/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 03:45 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
> There are ways to defeat VHS copy protection, but they involve
> regenerating the sync pulse portion of the video signal, and that is
> something that I usually do by inserting a piece of hardware called a
> TBC (Time Base Corrector) between the player and the recorder (in your
> case, between your player deck and your video card)

While a time base corrector is a good thing to use, as it'll also fix up
other tape playback issues (if it'll accept a copy protected signal, in
the first place), a cheaper option may be one of the many de-macrovision
or video stabiliser boxes that are available.  They just replace the
syncs, and don't do anything else to the video signal.
I once read that, while MacroVision held the patents on their
particular mode of copy protection for video tapes, they also held the
patents on all of the obvious ways to circumvent the copy protection.
(Now that's a slick piece of marketing!)  So I just assumed that there
were no consumer "de-macrovision" boxes available, since anybody who
built one would be (presumably) sued by MacroVision for patent
infringement.

Where might I find one of those boxes?

--wpd

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