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DVD to Video picture quality??

grimm25 (Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 12th January 2002, 11:23

I have been able to connect my multi-region player through the back of my video via SCART.Only thing is I can record my region 2 discs to video with perfect picture quality but my region 2 discs record very distorted.Is there anyone who knows how to stabilise this problem??

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cw2000 (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 12th January 2002, 15:11

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grimm25 (Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 12th January 2002, 17:25

I am not interested in piracy I am just trying to create a backup of my 5 year olds DVD`s so she does not ruin the discs!!!!

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remote (Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 13th January 2002, 10:37

Your problem seems to be "Macro Protection" which is inserted to stop
people making copies of films. This has been used on VHS tapes for
a long time. The DVD players is where the sync pulses are interfered with on a DVD to the best of my knowledge( ie not the disc). So you would need to change the program in you DVD which might not be so easy or possible.
I can see a problem where someone wants to play there DVD`s in one room and pipe it through the aerial system using there RF modulator of there vcr to do this!! Such a crime?

PLease let me know if anyone can tell me anymore on the problem.

RE: DVD to Video picture quality??

clayts (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 13th January 2002, 11:00

Which DVD player do you have - some of them can be rendered VCR friendly by a simple remote control hack.

Failing that there are external devices which can do it : some suggested URLs : http://www.sonel.com http://www.dvdchips.co.uk http://www.ringos.co.uk - a cunning device called a MacMaster which can be had for £30.

As for "I own the DVD and want to back it up" - I used to think you could make a legitimate copy of anything you owned (eg CD, DVD) - in fact, it`s always been against the law, evidenced by the introduction of copy-protected CDs (step forward Ms Imbruglia).....

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