JVC XV-SA70BK / Macrovision / VCR question

[givemetexture]

I just got the JVC XV-SA70BK. My POS TV doesn't have seperate inputs, so I had to hook it up through my VCR. It's a Mitsubishi, pretty decent but a few years old model. While watching Snow White I noticed that the brightness would go up and down. It does it even during the menus. However, didn't do it for my VCDs and SVCDs.

So the questions I have: Is this an effect of the Macrovision on the Snow White DVD? Are all DVD's that I play going to do this, or something like it?

[fleetwood]

Check your manual, it likely states that you should not connect your DVD player through your VCR since most newer DVD players have "Copyguard" protection. This protection detects that a VCR is connected and the DVD player then will scramble the video signal to prevent pirating.