Capturing pre-recorded videotape with PVR-150

[jrisch]

I'm abandoning my vcr (it's currently in my office plugged into my Hauppuage PVR-150). I've been copying my home recorded videos successfully, but some rather old and no longer available videos show a form of copy protection that breaks up the picture. As these are treasured and only for my own use, does anyone know if I can defeat this with the PVR-150, or what I need in order to get an MPEG2 that I can put to DVD.

I've considered an H&B TX-100 as an alternative so would appreciate any feedback from anyone who's tried that too.

Regards, John

[harley2ride]

You need to look for a tbc device. (Time Bounce Correction).

[InXess]

Time Base Corrector. Depends on what the interference type is. Is it really protection (Macrovision) or bad tape or unadjusted video head.
Defeating Macrovision...
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sima-GoDVD-Digital-Video-Duplicator-CT-200-/sem/rpsm/oi...oductDetail.do
you can try this or similar (50$) video copy amps form audio-video store, Radio Shack.... Google for video copy device...

[olyteddy]

My Hauppauge PVR USB2 doesn't seem bothered by any of the MacroVision stuff I've sen to it. IIRC it uses the same encoder as the 150. Maybe there's a registry hack that can set it straight?