Extremely strange DVD player problem. Please Look!!!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 764

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  19/03/05 - 17:07 #2

  It might be interferance from a nearby Scart Cable, I had the same problem where pictures from a Sky Box were ghosting onto my Dvd pictire it turned out it was caused by this.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 670

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  19/03/05 - 17:18 #3

  i've just found out that it's macrovision copy protection - i use a tv vcr combi so it seems impossible to fix this

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• System Posts: 2,096,970

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  19/03/05 - 17:57 #4

  Should still be possible to buy a Macrovision defeat adaptor though.

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• phelings Posts: 3,260

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  19/03/05 - 22:19 #5

  A direct connection from the dvd player to the tv without passing through anything else should give a correct display.
  Is the tv old?

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 670

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  19/03/05 - 22:35 #6

  3 or 4 years old but it's a tv/vcr combi

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  19/03/05 - 22:42 #7

  look for your DVD player in this list
  
  http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
  
  if the macrovision can be disabled on your particular DVD player, it'll most likely be listed on that site

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  20/03/05 - 00:44 #8

  A lot of the cheaper DVD/TVs route the SCART socket through the VCR. It tends to be the sets with only a single tuner -- all the input/tuner circuitry is done through the VCR module and not duplicated to save money, and what would have been the SCART output on the VCR is essentially hard-wired to the input of the TV section. As a result you have the same problem as passing a DVD player through some VCRs. These sets tend not to be able to process an RGB signal either.
  
  Unless the DVD player is also old there are precious few that allow Macrovision disable.
  
  This "feature" with these TV/VCRs is a nuisance, and the only remedy I've come across is, as I say, to purchase a Macrovision defeater, AKA copy-box. These are illegal now but are still available on ebay.
  
  Of course you could always back the DVDs up and play the copies through the TV. These backups have no Macrovision protection and you therefore won't get the problem. I recommend using backups rather than originals anyway (keep the originals safely stored away), it's what I always do.
  
  I think I have an old copy box lying around, which I will sell to you for £10 if you are interested.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 670

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  20/03/05 - 09:40 #9

  Thanks very much. Your advice is much appreciated.

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