Page 1 of MiCo no macrovision disable.... What now ??

I cannot believe it, I have been waiting for the new batch of the MiCo Clasica 20 DVD player for over two weeks, ringing my nearest big store everyday, and now it seems this new batch cannot have the macrovision disabled. I really need this option ( I think ) as with the lack of scart `holes` at home I was going to run the DVD through my video ( which is attached to my music system ). With my incredible limited knowledge, I fear this will now not be possible if I cant disable the macro, Is this correct ?

If my fears are correct this means the MiCo will be no good to me, so where do I go from here.

I need a budget player which:
1) Will play everything
2) From everywhere
3) Without macrovision hinderance.

Where do I go from here ?, I am open to all of your constructive suggestions.

B[at]sll to sainsbury as if they had enough of the original stock I would not be having this problem

BR

in sainsbury`s defence (as much as it pains me!!) they had no idea the player would be as popular as it was, also, they didn`t realise they would be mentioned in conjunction with the player in the magazine review. So as a consequence, what they thouht was just another decent deal on another budget player, quite simply snowballed out of all control, without the backup stocks to satisfy what was obviously a massive demand. In fact in my store, we`ve started dreading the sound of a telephone!!!! "Have you any Mico`s?" AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

I know deep down it is not sainbury`s fault, I just cant believe my luck, after waiting for this magical MiCo, it will now be obsolete for me, unless someone can tell me that my idea of macrovision is incorrect and I can play the DVD though my stereo video etc..

Or a genius out there finds a way to disable macro
Or another expert tells me where best to go to get a multi-region, macro less, budget, quality picture and sound DVD player. ( Not asking much am I ? )

BR

Hi, I`m sorry that the new MICOs don`t seem to have Macro dissable (Could it be a different number combination on the hand set may do it). You can buy macro dissablers from £29-00. I know the Dansae lovers will be recommending that machine but the Mico is the only Cheap DVD player that feels anything but cheap, possibly because of the Panasonic insides. For me this is the best player I have had including the Toshiba 210 & Pioneer 444, (both cost each £200-00) this beats them both hands down. It may be possible to chip it as with the Pioneer 444 & Toshiba. www.mailuk.com may be able to help, I believe they normaly chip them for £20-00.

Decca Video DDV 2110 @ £102 (inc delivery) from www.powerhouse.co.uk/mum
It consists of identical internal hardware as the Dansai 852 using the same multi region and macrovision hack.

It plays VCD, SVCD, MP3, DVD-R, etc. It even looks good. I`d advise you to take the 3 year easycare plan (£20 extra) so if anything goes wrong you get a brand new one delivered a.s.a.p.

I`ve got one of these and I`ve yet to try a disc that doesn`t play.

If everyone really just wants a mico classica 20 but needs macrovision to be disabled then just buy Mac Master from www.playstationmods.com It can be used with any DVD player and it means you don`t have to buy a cheap player just because it has macrovision diabled.

This item was edited on Sunday, 14th April 2002, 19:41

Coolsurfer - does the Decca DDV2110 play
1) miniDVD and if so does it show menus
2) mpeg files burnt as normal data

yes it plays raw mpeg files, never tried mini-dvd though

i`ve had a macmaster and it was rubbish it left an awful hiss on the sound,i ended up flogging it on.don`t go near em.

I have had a reply from MiCo, as I asked them why this batch was different to the last:

Hi ,

Nice to hear from you again!

Marcovision is a technology that preventing illegal recording of video signals from a commercial DVD disc. There will be no problem to normal playback if you wire the DVD signal through a VDR to the TV. But if you press the RECORD button of the VCR, the DVD signal will be distorted damaging the picture output, so that you cannot successfully duplicate a DVD disc to a tape. That is. For normal playback, as far as you are not recording, the signal won't be troubled.

If some of our models before could be Marcovision disabled, it was not a feature for consumer but for service center for testing purpose. Please accept our apologize if this revision issue really giving you problem. But please understand that we would like to contribute in supporting the protection of copy rights as far as we can, and we thanks in advance for your kind support as we sure you will.

Have a nice day!

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So I should be able to play the DVD`s thru my stereo system, as long as I do not press `record`. As if I would do such a thing ?!?.

It would be nice to be able to though wouldn`t it ?, so any ideas to get around the macrovision, keep them coming.

Thanks
BR