[geeks] iPad - NOT a 'Miss' for me I'm afraid

[Joshua Boyd]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 02:21:38PM +0200, Jonathan Groll wrote:

> Either I'm an excessive hoarder, but this being the Geeks list, I
> guess it'll be okay to share. So here's a confession, I still have
> many (~15-20) old VHS tapes (mostly commercial kiddie ones, with
> macrovision) that I can't bear to lose (and the kids don't mind the
> poor quality because they have high sentimental value for them), and
> many of these items never made it to DVD as far as I can tell.
>
> So what to do with them? My Philips DVDR3570H recorder, bless it's
> soul, refuses to record macrovision protected content, and also makes
> it painful to watch such content by flashing a big bar at the top of
> the screen every 15 seconds to let me know that the item is copy
> protected, but the kids still like to watch even with that in place. I
> assume I could order a macrovision break-out box from China, but would
> that be worthwhile? Is there an easier alternative? I also assume that
> this would be quasi-illegal, but then again this is strictly a case of
> making personal backup copies.

I detest Macrovision because all they do is stomp all over the sync
information contained in the composite signal, which causes difficulty
with many devices.  A time base correct will fix that right up for you,
without having to order anything from China.