Page 1 of 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

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

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.

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.

So, are we saying that this workaround won`t work?

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.