NEWBIE: Cycling dimness / distortion

I've gotten two different copies of "Lost in Translation" from
Netflix, and had the same problem both times on my Toshiba 3950 -- The
picture gets dimmer and brighter again on about a 30-second cycle, and
starts to flip vertically on the dimmer end of the cycle. I've seen
online that "Lost in Translation" has DRM, is that the problem?

steviehero

it is the Macrovision copy protection showing up - do you have your DVD player
routed through a VCR? that will bring out the Macrovision.

drsd2kill

SOunds like just typical macrovision, if you are routing your DVD player
through a VCR or some other device b4 it gets to your tv that is probably
the issue. The video out of your DVD player should be connected directly to
your tv, or at minimum routed through your AV reciever if you have one.
"steviehero" <> wrote in message
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> I've gotten two different copies of "Lost in Translation" from
> Netflix, and had the same problem both times on my Toshiba 3950 -- The
> picture gets dimmer and brighter again on about a 30-second cycle, and
> starts to flip vertically on the dimmer end of the cycle. I've seen
> online that "Lost in Translation" has DRM, is that the problem?

Biz

Thanks for the responses. That's a bummer to hear, I think I'm out of
luck. My TV is a vcr/TV combo. I guess that means that anything I plug
into it is effectively being routed through a VCR first? I'd be
willing to bet that copy-protection of this sort is only going to get
more common.

"Biz" <> wrote in message news:<yw50c.112679$>...
> SOunds like just typical macrovision, if you are routing your DVD player
> through a VCR or some other device b4 it gets to your tv that is probably
> the issue. The video out of your DVD player should be connected directly to
> your tv, or at minimum routed through your AV reciever if you have one.
> "steviehero" <> wrote in message

steviehero

Its only been around for 20 years or more...



Most Commercial VHS tapes had it also. That is one of teh many many
drawbacks to the TV/VCR combos, if they have a/v inputs, they are not immune
to macrovision so as to prevent you from copying copy-protected materials.
Just like they are supposed to.
"steviehero" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Thanks for the responses. That's a bummer to hear, I think I'm out of
> luck. My TV is a vcr/TV combo. I guess that means that anything I plug
> into it is effectively being routed through a VCR first? I'd be
> willing to bet that copy-protection of this sort is only going to get
> more common.
>
> "Biz" <> wrote in message
news:<yw50c.112679$>...
> > SOunds like just typical macrovision, if you are routing your DVD player
> > through a VCR or some other device b4 it gets to your tv that is
probably
> > the issue. The video out of your DVD player should be connected
directly to
> > your tv, or at minimum routed through your AV reciever if you have one.
> > "steviehero" <> wrote in message

Biz

(steviehero) wrote in message news:<. com>...

> Thanks for the responses. That's a bummer to hear, I think I'm out of
> luck. My TV is a vcr/TV combo.

You can buy an RF modulator for about $20 to fix the problem. Here is
a link (all on one line):

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....oryId=cat08063

-Eric

Eric R.