Video Signal Cleaner device UK

[Cole]

Can anyone recommend a Video Signal Cleaner device that I can get in the UK.

The only one I have seen is in kit form from Maplins and my electronics knowledge is non existant!

Thanks.

P.S. I have several VHS videos I want to back up to XVCD and I get an intermittent graying out of the picture while viewing through a Canopus ADVC-50. Is this Macrovision/copy protection?

[jpwone]

Try removing link 6 on the link sblock on the ADVC 50. Its a hidden feature but has been known to help with macrovision problems.

If that does not help then I can recommend the datavideo TBC 100. Got mine from http://www.holdan.co.uk/ Could be a bit more than you are looking to spend so hopefully the link 6 trick will do the job.

[Cole]

Thanks for the tip, I will give it a go and report back (eventually)

As for the TBC 100, regardless of the price, I don't have any free PCI slots

[igor666]

The TBC-100 is excellent - it doesn't actually use the PCI slot as such (only plugs into it to mount it in a PC and takes power from a spare drive power cable). I've actually got mine mounted in a plastic box with a standard 12v PSU attached to it - nowhere near a PCI slot!

[spiderman2k1]

There is a box made by SIMA video copymaster it does ntsc and pal and scam. It's only goog for VHS to VHS and VHS to PC and DVD to PC not good for DVD to VHS

[Will Hay]

I think I have one of these
It's essentially a scart lead and plugs into my dvd player and vhs recorder.
I use it so I can run my dvd's through my vcr (my house is wired so that anything running through the signal downstairs is pumped to each bedroom but the only way I can get everything viewed upstairs it is to put each signal through the VCR).
It is fundamentally designed to remove copy protection and cost me around £25-ish on ebay.
Will