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Nutty · 11-08-2004, 17:27

You can record them. The problem is most of them have macrovision encoded in them, which messes with the VCR's tracking control. Its a copy protection system.

You can get around this by using some RGB convertors which strip macrovision, or using a really really old VCR with manual tracking.

11-08-2004, 17:27	#5
Nutty Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: UK Age: 49 Posts: 136	Re: front row movies recordable? or not :( You can record them. The problem is most of them have macrovision encoded in them, which messes with the VCR's tracking control. Its a copy protection system. You can get around this by using some RGB convertors which strip macrovision, or using a really really old VCR with manual tracking.