Best VCR to play video without Macrovision

[gwarm01]

What VCR or DVD/VCR would you recommend to use to defeat VHS Macrovision? I need to buy one and am hoping one is available at "X"-Mart. If anyone has had any successful captures with their Macrovision cursed VHS and holy VCR please provide me a name or link to the VCR. My setup will be as follows: Tape>VCR>component cables>ATI ALL IN WONDER CARD>Virtualdub. Thank you.

[Tbear]

Macrovision is on the tape. Your ATI AIW detects the macrovision. You need to search for disableatimacrovision.exe.

[gwarm01]

I'm not sure that exists. And I must have worded that wrong using "without macrovision." I meant a VCR that does not detect Macrovision and does not react to it. I google'd and went to download.com to search for "macrovision" or "ATI macrovision" but couldn't find a patch. I found this link where someone says "There is no way to "hack" the ATI card to defeat Macrovision."

[vcdforme]

Forgive me if I misinterpret the
question.
I don't think you can buy a vcr today that doesn't react to macrovision.(find an old one).
Or,
Get yourself some sort of box to
defeat the Macrovision.
There's many different devices available.

[D_Knife]

actually I have a Sony SLV-eZ77 that ignores the macrovision signal

It cheerfully allows ATi card to cap without issues

It's been discontinued in Australia now though..... but you might find something similar - the only thing is they are hard to test for
it's not exactly something you can rock into a shop with a PC under your arm

[chaseru]

I have a JVC HR-DVS2U dual miniDV SHVS tape deck with a firewire port. I can transfer macrovision VHS tapes to my hard drive through the firewire port without macrovision artifacts. I have to enable TBC (Time Based Correction) on the VCR though.

This tape deck can't be had cheaply or at "X-mart" but they do sell for about $500 on ebay. A couple of years ago they were $1700 new.

You'll need to get a tape deck such as the one above, certain old VCRs as was mentioned above, or a separate TBC box. In all cases you'll need to make sure that the deck or box won't stop a transfer when they sense a macrovision signal. I had a Sony GV-D200 (Digital 8 deck) that wouldn't allow a firewire transfer of a macrovision VHS tape that was played in a VCR connected to the deck.

I hear you can pick up quasi-TBC boxes for cheap $100-$300.