Best DVd Player

[mwuch]

I have a pann. E30 recorder and I am trying to find the best DVD player and be able to disable the macrovision so that I can back up ny Disney dvd's. Have 2 little kids that are destroying them and I am tired of buying new ones. I have purchased several players and can not find any hacks. Any oune got an inout?

[Poppa_Meth]

you don't need to buy a new DVD player and hack it. there is a macrovision decoder box you plug inline between your player and recorder and it will decode the macrovision signal as it plays. costs about $40. I know you can get them at lik-sang.com but there are probably some domestic sites to order from as well.

[sandmanfvr]

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=121&products_id=1365&

He is right. $25 US for this converter.

[NoHelpWhatSoEver]

You need two disable two things to be able to do this...

1. Macrovision Copy Protection - You can either buy a black box as was suggested from Lik Sang, or get a DVD player whose firmware is hackable.

2. Disable the CGMS signal your DVD player puts out which tells the Panasonic Recorder not to record. For this you can either get a time base corrector(?) or again get a DVD player whose firmware is hackable.

You need to get arround both, to make the backup. I picked up a cheap SAMPO player which was pretty hackable. Look at www.area450.com for tons of info.

That said it is probably faster, once you know how to make backups with a PC and a DVD burner.

[zorankarapancev]

I have a pann. E30 recorder and I am trying to find the best DVD player and be able to disable the macrovision so that I can back up ny Disney dvd's. Have 2 little kids that are destroying them and I am tired of buying new ones. I have purchased several players and can not find any hacks. Any oune got an inout?

I was always dreaming for an ideal DVD player that will play DVD (NTSC and PAL), VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 and Kodak Picture CD, and be able to disable macrovision.

Yesterday my dream become true. I bought DAYTEK P 871 player that does everything above and some more... for only US$50.00... from Future Shop in Toronto... Canada...

I made perfect DVD copies on my Pioneer-E60 recorder.

[webeye]

Zoran.......
Can you comment on DVD media used?
Are you a member of redflag?

[zorankarapancev]

Zoran.......
Can you comment on DVD media used?
Are you a member of redflag?

I was using TDK 2x media and some generic unbrended media. No, I am not member of redflag (what is that?).

[donpedro]

Best DVD Player for making backup copies is DVD Writer (PC). It is so easy to backup DVD and it takes less then hour. Burners are cheap now ( I saw some for little more then $100 ). Trust me.