[resolved] UK only: DVD Players

**Guru** · May 14th, 2002, 03:48 AM

Anyone know which DVD players currently avaiable in the UK do NOT have macrovision?

Thanks

**Gary.Lowe** · May 14th, 2002, 03:50 AM

What's macrovision

I got a Sony DVS300 and havn't seen anything like that.

Jethro · May 14th, 2002, 03:53 AM

Look what you've done BB, all this wishy washing posting and the bleeding Poms think they can get away with posting their own threads, the flamin mongrels....

**Gary.Lowe** · May 14th, 2002, 03:55 AM

Originally posted by Jethro
Look what you've done BB, all this wishy washing posting and the bleeding Poms think they can get away with posting their own threads, the flamin mongrels....

say's the convict

**chrisjk** · May 14th, 2002, 03:55 AM

Originally posted by Gary.Lowe
What's macrovision

it's when the picture is reduced to 100px x 100px and the rest is taken up by Rupert Murdoch propaganda

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 04:00 AM

macrovision is an encoding technique so that you can't copy from DVD/SKY to VHS

**Guru** · May 14th, 2002, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
macrovision is an encoding technique so that you can't copy from DVD/SKY to VHS

Yup! that's right.

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 04:06 AM

as for your question mark, I think that most do not have it at the moment

mine certainly doesn't

**Gary.Lowe** · May 14th, 2002, 04:08 AM

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
as for your question mark, I think that most do not have it at the moment mine certainly doesn't

yeah Ian just Buys porn on DVD, records it on to video and then takes it back thus creating Free Porn

**Guru** · May 14th, 2002, 04:10 AM

Oh right

I've only just started looking into DVD players and trying to search for a feature that a product does NOT have is a tad tricky.

What make/model have you got?

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 04:13 AM

picked mine up from teso's of all places, was a make I've never heard of (Dansai) but for 100 quid , it was multi region, NTSC , digital output (although it didn't come with a speaker set) and plays them really well

Si_the_geek · May 14th, 2002, 04:15 AM

I've got a Playstation 2 which I use as a DVD player (as well as the obvious gaming too!), and there is no problem 'backing up'

DVD's on to VHS...

**chrisjk** · May 14th, 2002, 04:18 AM

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
macrovision is an encoding technique so that you can't copy from DVD/SKY to VHS

I do believe I preferred my description

Why is Sky in on it?! I record off normal TV, that's the whole point of VCRs...when analogue gets switched off, *** are you meant to do then?!

Arsebandits

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 04:21 AM

chris, at the moment, it's only for PPV's

mark, got a link for you

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews920.html

**chrisjk** · May 14th, 2002, 04:24 AM

furry muff

**Guru** · May 14th, 2002, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
chris, at the moment, it's only for PPV's

mark, got a link for you

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews920.html

Yeah the Dansai 852

I knew that model didn't have macrovision but I don't think you can get it anymore

The newer version 1010 has it on some of them but not all and I don't think there's anyway of telling before you actualy try the thing

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 04:56 AM

I only bought mine about 1 month ago

**Guru** · May 14th, 2002, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
I only bought mine about 1 month ago

Oh right!

Perhaps I ought to get off my arse and go and actually have a look!

**Ianpbaker** · May 14th, 2002, 05:13 AM

but that was from one of the stores, just looked at their web site and they are not listing them

**Guru** · May 16th, 2002, 07:10 AM

Our local Tesco just got some 852s in

**Ianpbaker** · May 16th, 2002, 08:12 AM

cool

haven't had a single problem with mine

I've now got to put some time away as I've picked up Apacalypse now redux and with the added material it takes the film up to just under 4 hours

**saracen** · May 16th, 2002, 03:35 PM

i tried hooking my computer up to my VCR and recording but i still get the mix up. but then i downloaded a program so you can convert the .VOB (dvd file) in to a mpeg file on your computer (lower quality) and then i tried recording on to VHS from the mpeg file and it worked

**saracen** · May 16th, 2002, 03:36 PM

mpeg 1 bt the way

like basically converting it to a Video CD, which most dvd players are able to play

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