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Is it a protection to stop DVD`s being copied ?? If so can you get around it ? Thanks


Also i was reading some of the older threads and i came across one about cables. My setup is this:

TV= 28" JVC AV-28WFR1 with inbuilt dolby pro-logic 3D Phonic
DVD= Sony DVP-NS400 with inbuilt 5.1 decoder
Video= some old nackered thing that wakes up entire neighbourhood when rewinding.

Should i buy expensive scart leads to enhance this setup or should i stick with the scarts included ? Thanks


Gavin

This item was edited on Wednesday, 4th July 2001, 09:58

There`s certainly no harm in forking out a little extra in new SCART leads, and with your DVD and TV set-up I`d certainly pop over to http://www.beyondhifi.com and pick up at least one of their £11.50 SCART leads in electric blue - the picture quality is fantastic.

Macrovision is basically a device to prevent us from taping DVDs onto VCR (waking up the neighbours after rewinding, naturally - LOL!). The only real use for having Macrovision disabled, as far as I can see, is so that your kids or your good self can watch viddies in the bedroom, rather than lugging the DVD player upstairs (only for it not to plug into the back of your 1973 Bush B & W portable TV).

Also, for those toffs who can afford it, some projectors will simply not play Macrovision enabled material from a DVD, so there`s yet another legitimate reason for wanting to banish it.

Personally, my bootlegging business has got right down the pan since they devised Macrovision - I`ve got a nice line in cheap aftershave if anyone`s interested :-)

The chances of you being able to disable Macrovision without forking out dosh for a modification are NIL, I`m afraid.

Thanks for the advice. This is an excellent forum, very friendly and concise.