The studio where I work has a 2 year old VCD/SVCD recorder (Amoisonic 2000MKII) It would be nearly obsolete now that DVD recorders are affordable, but I found out something else it can do. If your DVD recorder refuses to copy Macrovision protected material, you can just run the signal into the S-video In jack on the Amoisonic, insert any recordable cd, and then run the s-video out jack to the DVD recorder. Macrovision is gone because the Amoisonic doesn't support it. I know that so-called "video stabilizers" do this same thing, but the cheaper ones don't have S-video jacks. The copy loss is minimal with s-video in & out. Just a hint for those who have this unit.