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H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
Hi,
I recently posted on here that I was loking for a hack to disable macrovision on my H&B dvd player. After loads of searching I had no luck, but remembered what someone told when I had itv digital. I was told that if I purchased a multi scart connector from Argos (catalog no: 534/0370) and connected it up it would disable macrovision.
Well I was sceptical but as it was only £9.75 as opposed to the £30 scart cables that are around (plus they offer a 16 day money back guaruntee), I gave it a shot.
I have to say I didn`t think it would work, but it does and now I can record films until my hearts content, so sorry for going on a bit, but wanted to share this little gem wit all you guys here as it may save some of you some money.
Andy
RE: H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
Please could you explain exactly what you did, do you need ITV digital? Do you think it may work with say a Dansai 952?
Thanks
RE: H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
Are you sure the films you are recording have macrovision, i.e. did the same films not record before but do now?
I understand that not all films have macrovision and can thus be recorded using a normal scart.
RE: H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
blackrat you are correct. Most new discs have macrovision but some olds ones do not. Also VCD`s, SVCDs, DVD silver, DVD-R, do not have macrovision on them.
RE: H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
So, are we saying that this workaround won`t work?
RE: H&B 5415s Macrovision Workaround (sort of !!)
Hello,
I have a few VCDs, some originals and some DVD Rips (with Macrovision `Switched off`) and when I try to Backup to VHS , I still get the flashing and it`s totally unrecordable.
What would be the reason for this ?
Thanks,
Neil.