Macrovision Disabler/ Clarifier

[NEUROTCH69]

Hey guys, Im new to the forum and been reading a few post about Macrovision Disablers and picture clarifiers which will sharpen the video quality of VHS backups to DVD-R.
I live in Japan married to a Japanese, and the electronics you can find here are just amazing! Anyways, I use a Toshiba RD-X1 with an 80GB Hard Drive (which is now outa date) but hell who can keep up with all this stuff? But it works perfectly and never had any problems. My wife and I have a large DVD collection and in Japan DVD's are very expensive! So everyone of them we buy, we make a backup copy.
To get rid of the Copy Guard Im using a DVE-773, it gets rid of Macrovision, CSS/CGMS and any other copy protections. I have never once had a problem making backups using it. It connects by running the S-Video out from the DVD player into the DVE's S-Video in, and then from the DVE's S-Video out to the DVD Recorders S-Video in.
The only small problem I have had with this device is the fact it gets very hot using it, and when it gets to hot I have noticed a very small flickering with blue and red colors only. So small it is hard to notice. I just put a fan in front of it, and that usually works just fine.
A new model has just come out called the DVE-774 and I heard this one is just as good with no problems at all. I have not used it yet, but forsure plan to upgrade to it very soon. According to my friend, it has NO small flickering.
I believe the DVE changes the signal from analog to digital so you get pretty good picture quality. It also has a brightness control and you can freeze the picture. I recorded the Star Wars Trilogy VHS tapes my wife had to DVD using it, and it actually made the picture quality sharper and brighter. It was able to take out alot of those annoying lines as well, I was very happy.

I believe the DVE is only sold in Japan, last time I was in the USA I could not find it. I have found only 1 website that will sell it in the USA but there prices for it are pretty dang high, about $300! I do not mean to advertise, but feel this may help a few of you. If you are interested about it just drop me an email, I can pick them up easy here in Japan. They retail for about $250 US Dollars at the stores around my city. Im actually thinking about selling them on my website to help others because it is a pretty damn good thing to have if you own a DVD Recorder. I hope this helps a few of you interested in it!


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[handyguy]

It is far easier if not cheaper to get a source dvd player that is macro free. These are only around $50+ or so on ebay.com.

[NEUROTCH69]

Really? WOW.. I have not gave those much attention because I heard some bad stories of them. Im curious, If I bought one of those would I have any problems backing up DVD's with my Recorder? And how is the quality? The only prob is it would not work with recording VHS, but still would be good.

[donpedro]

Even better solution for making backup of your DVD's is to use PC DVD Writer. That way you can retain original quality, menu, sound and extras.

[NEUROTCH69]

Hmm, I checked out some of those Macrovision Disabled DVD players. But worry that they can not get all the copy guard off if I wanted to make backup's with my DVD Recorder. I read some reviews where people had problems with them. The DVE gets rid of ALL this I know forsure, and it helps record VHS tapes as well!

Yep, PC Burners are good but not all of us own one! I like my Home Recorder because I do not have to fool around with any software.

[Bob W]

http://www.facetvideo.com/

[proxyx99]

Considering the 250 USD for DVE774 the cost of a DVD burner is about 50% with 100% quality.

As per Tech. Supp. of a major PC capture devices manuf. Macrovision kicks in when a recording device has a Macrovision built in. So when copying from VHS to a hardware MPEG2 enc. or DV AVI conv. (or any capture card) that doesn't have this circuit built in, it will simply ignore it and the end result looks like Microvision is "defeated", which is not correct.
Such defeater like DVE or any 30-50$ video signal "corrector" is needed only when going from DVD/VHS to VHS or DVD standalone writers (MV is built in).
ATI capture cards (AIW) have MV "on board" that checks for MV signal presence and responds accordingly, correct me if I'm wrong.

PS. many manuf. do not condone unauthirized copying but "forget" (!!!) to put these circuits "on board". That's their "official" version at least.
Such devices simply sell better (wonder why...?).

[ejai]

Don't forget a little item called AVT-8710 whick I use for the same reasons, to back up copy guarded material. This device has a built in TBC, brightness control, sharpness, tint, contrast, color control and works with Pal and NTSC.

The unit is so small that it fits in your pocket and costs about $150 US. It by passes all macrovision on dvds and tapes.

[NEUROTCH69]

Yeah, such devices are used because most work against all forms of copy guard and you can get high picture quality! Disabling Macrovision, CSS/CGMS these little things are great!

[lordsmurf]

Yeah, for a little more money, I'd go with a full TBC, not just some Macro remover.

[proxyx99]

I use Sima Color Corrector, not the gratest but does the job (TBC and Microvision "ignore" routine) . Did only few old rare instructional VHS tapes to save my time rewinding (autochapter every 3 min.). Worked OK.

[Dr. Swirl]

Yep, I use the Sima Color corrector, it does work well for backing up movies. For eighty bucks, it was worth it. I am having cartoon/animation issues, though...seems to me I came across something from LordSmurf's guides a few weeks back...Man, I love this website!!

[handyguy]

Apex 1500 dvd players Serials a-d are easy to make macrovision free. Won't need to do anything else on your recorder side. Only thing is apex doesn't make any dvd players that show closed captions, just subs. Nuts to them for not paying for CC support.

I agree, doing it on the computer is just as easy. It used to be better to use a recorder cause you could get two dvds on one disk & dvds were expensive, but they aren't anymore.