[mythtv-users] good hardware for transferring videos from vhs and dvd players

Ben Kamen bkamen at benjammin.net
Mon Jan 11 04:01:49 UTC 2010


On 1/10/2010 9:51 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>
> If you are having a problem *watching* a Macrovision protected tape, that is
> not copying, and I think it would be in bounds to discuss it. If the problem
> is *copying* such a tape, I agree it would not be allowed here.

It was well documented that Macrovision combined with the aging/stretching of a tape would accelerate the tape to unviewable as opposed to just wear alone. Kind of a bummer that something you buy has a shortened lifetime.

  -Ben



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