Slydog(Harmless) posted this on Friday, 10th August 2001, 11:06
Hi all, I recently purchased and alba 104 from argos costing £99.99 When I tried to record a dvd to video, to my surprise it worked fine!! I`ve tried various dvd`s both region 1 & 2 and they all record perfect. Can anyone else who has a 104 try this, just to see if its all alba 104`s or if I was a lucky one Cheers
Sean
RE: Alba 104 is macrovision free!!!
Mike G(Elite) posted this on Friday, 10th August 2001, 11:15
Hmm... are you sure you haven`t just been "lucky" in that the DVDs you`ve tried to record aren`t actually flagged for Macrovision?
Mike
RE: Alba 104 is macrovision free!!!
Slydog(Harmless) posted this on Friday, 10th August 2001, 11:19
I thought that at first mike. But I previously owned the Alba 103 but when I tried to record my region 1 Scream 3 it just came out all jumpy. I recorded scream 3 on the 104 and it came out perfect.
RE: Alba 104 is macrovision free!!!
The G Man(Elite) posted this on Saturday, 11th August 2001, 18:44
Just routed my Alba 104 thru the video and yes indeed , it is macrovision free - is there nothing this ol cheapo cannot do ?
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RE: Alba 104 is macrovision free!!!
Big Jim(Harmless) posted this on Friday, 17th August 2001, 01:44
Hi
Just made the big leap into DVD ownership due to the posts on this thread. Went down to the local Argos and bought a Alba DVD104. I must say that I am very impressed so far. The picture quality is great (just as good as my mates Panasonic) and yes it is Macro free (at least the Pitch Black disc I rented from Blockbuster was).
Thanks guys for the heads up on this great bargain.
Jim
Thanks for the good advice
Smokey(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 17th August 2001, 10:58
I had no idea what I wanted so I got the Alba 104 from Argos on the basis of all the positive comments I read here last week - they thought I was crazy when I said I wanted the substitute and refused to have the one from the catalogue!
It`s been doing great things since I got it and reading everything I put into it, so I spent ages yesterday trying to find information on recording straight to VCR. Everywhere I looked I got negative answers, usually to do with MacroVision (which I don`t really understand). I accepted that maybe this couldn`t be done. This morning I just had a go at doing a straight copy as I would from TV to VCR and it worked perfectly!
I for one am definately over the moon with this £99.99 player, so "thanks very much" to those who shared their experiences with those of us who don`t have a clue.
