Comments on: What am I missing Macrovision?

By: Eric E

Eric E — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:33:10 +0000

You guys are all talking about DVDs but it is also on some VHS tapes. I was trying to copy some of my old VHS tapes onto DVDs and I\’d get a message on my TV that said the tape could not be copied because of it\’s encoded with Macrovision. That is really annoying! VHS tapes break down over time and most of these titles I am trying to transfer to DVD are \”How To\” type videos that are not available any more and were never available as a DVD. I own these tapes and I am ticked off that I cannot archive some of my collection because some stupid company was/is trying to make it difficult to make illegal copies. I guess I am going to have to find a place that makes these illegal copies because they are the only ones that are not troubled by Macrovision\’s encoding scheme. it\’s only the legit consumer that is screwed over! I\’m going to go find a video stabalizer to purchase. I would much rather support the people making the stabalizers & enhancers than the jerks that take away my right to own a backup of my legally purchased videos! I have many choice words for Macrovision but I don\’t think they need to be said out loud! I hope Macrovision goes belly up soon! No more of this junk! We are the consumer, we should have some say in what we are buying and what we can do with it!
Eric

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

Hey Mark,

Let’s say you owned a basketball team and arena whereby it could seat an unlimited amount of spectators. Then one day you find out numerous people on the street sold keys to the back door of the arena for half the price of a standard ticket.

What would you do?

Oh yes, and the same guy can crack the lock to every new lock on the arena you placed and still would charge about half or a say a third of your standard ticket price.

I bet all of a sudden your thoughts about anti-copying would change.

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By: Vernin Kniss

Vernin Kniss — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

I recently purchesed a “stand alone” dvd recorder. Big fat letters on the box stated I can copy my vhs tapes to dvd. It is BULL!! Because of the Macrovision fiasco most of my tapes are distorted. Even my 8mm tapes played back from my 8mm camera. What right does Macrovision have to mess with my personal tapes? One of my own tapes which I produced myself gives the report “This tape is copy protected.” Is there any thing I can do to make my dvd recorder usefull?

By: 11nong

11nong — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

good!

By: Vernin Kniss

Vernin Kniss — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

Well, here I am again with the same complaint; MACROVISION!! I am getting more and more disgusted with the way Macrovision is messing up my good tapes. Typing Macrovision into Google will get you pages of people haveing trouble with this thing, along with pages of maybe will maybe won’t work fixes, some which are quite expensive. Why should I pay a lot of money to make a product I purchased work the way it should? How can Macrovision get away with this? They should be made to call back all dvd recorders and remove their mess! This may bankrupt the company, but no company ever deserved it more!

By: whales

whales — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

That illegal copies DVD to the companies prices up to a level of their illegal spears were not done is necessary to reduce. Then the profit will be in hands of the manufacturer. Also it is not necessary Ð±Ñ‹Ð´ÐµÑ‚ to raise against all burglars of actions of proceeding. I so think.

By: trg

trg — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

I just got a dvd recorder & thought I could transfer all my old vhs tapes to dvd. As others have said, movies I already own & paid for. Every tape said protected. I have a couple hundred movies! I’m not going to buy them all again in dvd! Again as others have said, the real criminals who want to make thousands of illegal copies & sell them always find an illegal way to get around the protection anyway, so what is it all for? To prevent little old me from copying my kids movies onto a different format so they can enjoy them for many more years & watch them in the car instead of only in the house? It’s a bunch of crap.

By: belles blondes

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By: asiatiques nues

asiatiques nues — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

Hi!

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