[sdiy] VCR mod

[anthony]

OK, old thread but if you go to a second hand store and find a really old 
VCR - the kind with twisty 'duggada-duggada-duggada' tuning knobs - I think 
these are more immune to the sync messing that the Macrovision does. Anyway 
I've seen copying Disney tapes work on one of these just fine when it 
wouldn't on a newer VCR. Good luck finding one that wouldn't LOOK like it 
was being messed up though. Still these VCR's are nuclear(ular)-bomb proof 
as far as I can tell.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Strellis" <Chris at crystalvision.tv>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] VCR mod


> Hi Charles,
>
>> Any diy tweaking advice would be helpful.
>>
>> Just want to copy some Disney stuff for my daughter. Is
>> stealing Disney a
>> crime?
>
> Left field thinking.
>
> What you need to do is rip the DVD to your hard drive using Smart Ripper 
> 2.41 (do a google).  This has a check box to demacrovision the DVD when 
> doing this.  Burn this new DVD and play in your player and record.
>
> Else play it in a borrowed demacrovisioned DVD player :)
>
> Else buy a macrovision stripper box.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>