Page 1 of Whats the big deal with Macrovision

Can someone please help me on this. I really don`t understand the big fuss on disabling macrovision.

If people buy DVD players for the enchanced quality why would you want to record a DVD to video and then re-watch the video with the knowledge the it was twice as good on DVD (NB I am also presuming you can`t recreate the 5.1 sound when you copy to video).

OK so you could hot foot down to blockbusters and get a film for £3.25 plus the cost of a blank tape, but asides from the legal issue my previous point remains. Once you watched a film on DVD why oh why would you want to watch it on video.

If you want to collect films and the cost of buying DVD`s is prohibitive then why but a player in the first place ?

Or have I missed the point ?

>Or have I missed the point ?

Yep! This has been asked before many times (today included), but maybe you were sleeping for a few weeks.

Ok so maybe it`s not as major issue like people make out - I suppose it`s just whenever theres some sort of copy protection people instinctively want it cracked even if they have no use for it! BUT it could be an issue for some people i.e.

1. Some one wants to hook their DVD player via their video coz they have to or are strange.

2. They have some projector TV (dunno ask Jimbo - he mentioned it) which doesn`t work with Macrovision enabled.

or

3. Some cheap skate buys a player just to record DVD`s onto VHS and has no concern of the superiour quality but instead just wants the films.

These are just examples I made up, if you`re really that interested in the benefits find out for yourself.

007.

This item was edited on Thursday, 1st February 2001, 23:01

007

I think your 2nd para sums this one up.

Or, from a purely personal point of view, taping DVDs onto VHS, and then watching said VHSs in my bedroom is a damned sight easier than unplugging the DVD and lugging it upstairs....

Especially my Underworld DVD, which I like to have blaring out when I`m on my PC (lagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlagerlager etc...)

Well rent DVD say kids film, tape, let the VHS (machine and tape) take the treatment kids hand out.

Also the lugging upstairs point

Plus some films you can get bored with pretty quick, and if you tape them after renting you can always buy them later if they become favourites.

Also some televisions it can effect badly even with Macrovision encrypted VHS video tapes.

Plus I`m tight.

This item was edited on Friday, 2nd February 2001, 12:17

All the points above but mainly because you own the copy of the film and if you want to watch it somewhere where there isn`t a DVD player you should be able to - if it`s for personal use anyway. (I`m not saying that I`ve not copied DVD`s onto video for people who don`t have players !!)

(my excuse for having a macrovision killer is that it *might* effect the quality of playback via my projector - I don`t want to risk running it without ;) )

Another problem with macrovision is , my son has a tv-video combi which does not allow him to play his dvd`s on this..because of that ***macrovision.
His dvd player was a new xmas pressie, bought not knowing we would have any problems as nobody told us this before we purchased this dvd.

Now he has my living-room telly and we now watch our video`s and stuff on this small screen combi...Other than purchase another telly we have no solution..

This item was edited on Friday, 2nd February 2001, 15:43