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Well, I didn't know it was crap at the time. I have had it since
college, it was a good cheap tv/vcr combo, and I didn't have a DVD
player at the time.

"Biz" <> wrote in message news:<z%ylb.10785$>...
> Thats why tv/vcr combos are crap. Anyone designing them so you cant connect
> up a dvd player to them should be shot. you should demand your money back
> since you cant use it for a perfectly legitimate use. Emerson is clearly to
> blame here, and of course its partly your fault for buying crap.
> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
> > Ok, if the birdbrain is finished his juvenile ranting, I have a
> > similar, but different problem. I have a perfectly good DVD player,
> > and a perfectly good Emmerson 19" TV/VCR Combo. The problem is that
> > any RF (cable) input to the TV/VCR Combo runs through the VCR.
> > Consequently, if I connect the DVD Player to the TV via the coax, the
> > Macrovision copyright protection distorts the picture on the screen.
> > I cannot connect the DVD player through the AV connectors, because the
> > geniouses at Emmerson made it so that if anything is plugged into the
> > AV input, it superceeds the coax input. Even if there is nothing
> > coming in the AV line. It looks like a stabilizer box would be
> > perfect for me, but I want to make sure that I have one that can fix
> > the new colorstriping Macrovision protection as well as the pulses.
> > Does anyone have any real experience with these things, and can
> > recommend a good one? There are tons out there, but I have read that
> > many are junk, and I don't want to throw my money away.
> >
> > And I am not copying anything at all, but I am sure that birdbrain
> > thinks I should chuck my TV/VCR in the trash and buy a new one anyway.
> > But then again, he is an idiot.
> >
> > Gints Klimanis <> wrote in message
> news:<>...
> > > Although I haven't made any DVD-Rs with the material, I'm
> > > pretty sure that I backed up a Macrovision VHS to
> > > miniDV using the A/D converters on my Sony vx-2000
> > > camcorder.
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Over the years I've bought several VHS tapes, as well as made
> > > > my own vacation vids, etc. Then I bought a DVD player, and
> > > > started buying DVDs instead of tapes. Some of the tapes have
> > > > broken, and some have gotten a growth of mold (or whatever)
> > > > when the weather was extra humid for a while. In order to avoid
> > > > eventually losing the material on all my tapes, I bought a
> > > > Panasonic DMR DVD recorder. It works great for recording
> > > > most of the tapes, but a couple of them have Macrovision. Is
> > > > there a way of storing the material on the tapes with Macrovision
> > > > on DVD discs?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help!

I have a RF Modulator. That is the only way that I can connect the
dvd player to the TV. My origional post stated this. There are A/V
inputs, but they disconnect the RF input, even if there is no data
coming in on the A/V line. I have a RF modulator between the DVD
player and the TV/VCR combo. The problem is that the TV designers ran
the coax input through the VCR before getting it to the TV. So even
with the RF modulator, I still have the Macrovison artifacts on
screen.


"Biz" <> wrote in message news:<78Clb.11045$>...
> "TCS" <The-Central-> wrote in message
> news:slrnbpdguc.2bkp.The-Central-...
> > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:20:31 GMT, Biz <> wrote:
> > > Thats why tv/vcr combos are crap. Anyone designing them so you cant
> connect
> > > up a dvd player to them should be shot. you should demand your money
> back
> > > since you cant use it for a perfectly legitimate use. Emerson is
> clearly to
> > > blame here, and of course its partly your fault for buying crap.
> >
> > As opposed to separate VCRs where you cannot connect a DVD player without
> > macrovision picture defects?
>
> That situation is easily gotten around by buying the Rf modulator like every
> sane person recommends. A VCR is not meant to be an RF modulator. There is
> no valid reason to connect a dvd player thru a vcr, you buy an RF modulator
> for that, end of story.

Do you have one of these? Can you verify that it works well?

(GMAN) wrote in message news:<bn7h3b$kcq$>...
> In article <> , (Andrew) wrote:
> >Ok, if the birdbrain is finished his juvenile ranting, I have a
> >similar, but different problem. I have a perfectly good DVD player,
> >and a perfectly good Emmerson 19" TV/VCR Combo. The problem is that
> >any RF (cable) input to the TV/VCR Combo runs through the VCR.
> >Consequently, if I connect the DVD Player to the TV via the coax, the
> >Macrovision copyright protection distorts the picture on the screen.
> >I cannot connect the DVD player through the AV connectors, because the
> >geniouses at Emmerson made it so that if anything is plugged into the
> >AV input, it superceeds the coax input. Even if there is nothing
> >coming in the AV line. It looks like a stabilizer box would be
> >perfect for me, but I want to make sure that I have one that can fix
> >the new colorstriping Macrovision protection as well as the pulses.
> >Does anyone have any real experience with these things, and can
> >recommend a good one? There are tons out there, but I have read that
> >many are junk, and I don't want to throw my money away.
> >
> >And I am not copying anything at all, but I am sure that birdbrain
> >thinks I should chuck my TV/VCR in the trash and buy a new one anyway.
> > But then again, he is an idiot.
> >


>
> SIMA SCC color corrector pro $99
>
> www.videoguys.com/sima.htm

On 23 Oct 2003 13:40:28 -0700, (Andrew) wrote:

>Do you have one of these? Can you verify that it works well?
>
> (GMAN) wrote in message news:<bn7h3b$kcq$>...
>> In article <> , (Andrew) wrote:
>> >Ok, if the birdbrain is finished his juvenile ranting, I have a
>> >similar, but different problem. I have a perfectly good DVD player,
>> >and a perfectly good Emmerson 19" TV/VCR Combo. The problem is that
>> >any RF (cable) input to the TV/VCR Combo runs through the VCR.
>> >Consequently, if I connect the DVD Player to the TV via the coax, the
>> >Macrovision copyright protection distorts the picture on the screen.
>> >I cannot connect the DVD player through the AV connectors, because the
>> >geniouses at Emmerson made it so that if anything is plugged into the
>> >AV input, it superceeds the coax input. Even if there is nothing
>> >coming in the AV line. It looks like a stabilizer box would be
>> >perfect for me, but I want to make sure that I have one that can fix
>> >the new colorstriping Macrovision protection as well as the pulses.
>> >Does anyone have any real experience with these things, and can
>> >recommend a good one? There are tons out there, but I have read that
>> >many are junk, and I don't want to throw my money away.
>> >
>> >And I am not copying anything at all, but I am sure that birdbrain
>> >thinks I should chuck my TV/VCR in the trash and buy a new one anyway.
>> > But then again, he is an idiot.
>> >
>
>
>>
>> SIMA SCC color corrector pro $99
>>
>> www.videoguys.com/sima.htm



The effort you people put into getting around legitimacy.

SpeedByrd PhD

On 23 Oct 2003 13:36:14 -0700, (Andrew) Gave
us:

>The problem is that the TV designers ran
>the coax input through the VCR before getting it to the TV. So even
>with the RF modulator, I still have the Macrovison artifacts on
>screen.


THAT is NOT the reason it passes on through.

On 23 Oct 2003 13:40:28 -0700, (Andrew) wrote:

>Do you have one of these? Can you verify that it works well?
>
I have one and it works as advertised. Bought it from SIMA directly
and it arrived with a faulty capacitor in the power supply which was
promptly fixed under warranty. It has S-Video and composite
input/output. Also has many adjustments for tweaking the picture if
necessary. Recommended.
>>
>> SIMA SCC color corrector pro $99
>>
>> www.videoguys.com/sima.htm

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:51:10 -0300, Major Tom <> wrote:
>On 23 Oct 2003 13:40:28 -0700, (Andrew) wrote:

>>Do you have one of these? Can you verify that it works well?
>>
>I have one and it works as advertised. Bought it from SIMA directly
>and it arrived with a faulty capacitor in the power supply which was
>promptly fixed under warranty. It has S-Video and composite
>input/output. Also has many adjustments for tweaking the picture if
>necessary. Recommended.

I have one too and it works like a champ.

It's pathetic that I'm going to have to buy another for the bedroom TV.
It'll cost more than the DVD player, but it's cheaper than replacing the TV.

On 24 Oct 2003 12:59:06 GMT, TCS <The-Central-> wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:51:10 -0300, Major Tom <> wrote:
>>On 23 Oct 2003 13:40:28 -0700, (Andrew) wrote:
>
>>>Do you have one of these? Can you verify that it works well?
>>>
>>I have one and it works as advertised. Bought it from SIMA directly
>>and it arrived with a faulty capacitor in the power supply which was
>>promptly fixed under warranty. It has S-Video and composite
>>input/output. Also has many adjustments for tweaking the picture if
>>necessary. Recommended.
>
>I have one too and it works like a champ.
>
>It's pathetic that I'm going to have to buy another for the bedroom TV.
>It'll cost more than the DVD player, but it's cheaper than replacing the TV.


Geez, what a cheapskate. Otherwise, maybe you're just poor. Maybe you should look into boosting that income.

SpeedByrd PhD