RE: OT: DVD PLAYERS

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Try a standalone UHF modulator - definitely available from Keene
Electronics.

The macrovision from the DVD player is upsetting the auto level control on
the VCR which is what you're seeing. A standalone modulator will not suffer
this problem ... if you have any more questions about where to get one and
what to get then feel free to contact me.

Can I also suggest that you consider whether your dealer is giving you good
service? Any dealer that recommends RF for distribution and doesn't know
aout macrovision screwing about with VCR auto level controls really should
not be in business! I know you say that you can't tell the difference
between RF and other forms of distribution (Composite / S-Video etc.) but
I've not seen anyone not be able t  tell the difference when it's been
demonstrated properly. RF is *MOST DEFINITELY* the lowest common
denominator.

Cheers

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 July 2001 17:17
> To: UKHA
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT: DVD PLAYERS
>
>
>
>    Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but hopefully someone can
> help me with
> a problem I am having with a new DVD player.
>
>      My set up at home is, I have a Kustom multiroom system with all
the
> hardware, cd player tuner etc located in my central hub (or node zero
) in
> the utility room. Along with this I have my video player, cable
> box, my new
> dvd, and all my coax distributed to all roooms in the house. The
Kustom
> keypads also behave as an IR repeater system, so in effect I can
> operate any
> of these devices from anywhere in the house, and watch tv, video and
dvd's
> anywhere, with audio piped through ceiling mounted speakers in
> any room. My
> kustom has 6 sources and six zones, and everything works like a
> dream...almost.
>
>   When building the house with all of the above in mind, I reckoned I
had
> pretty much everyhing covered as far as audio and tv were
> concerned. What I
> did not realise is that DVD players do not come with a rf coax output,
> making it very difficult to centrally locate the dvd, and to
distribute it
> around the house (now I think I understand what all the excitement
about
> KAT5 is about.....). The dvd retailer said that I could feed the dvd
scart
> into my video player, and then watch the dvd via the video
> channel anywhere
> in the house. This sounded good enough to me (I know the quality of
the
> picture is not supposed to be as good, but I cant honestly tell the
> difference).
>
>    Anyway , to get t  the point, it seems that some DVD discs have a
> copywrite protection which will not allow them to be played
> through a video
> recorder as this would allow you to copy the DVD.... Last night I
> hired out
> my first two DVD's (Lost souls and Meet the parents). The first
> one worked a
> dream, but the second DVD kept changing the contrast/brightness of the
> screen every couple of seconds. Watchable, but very annoying.. Now
here's
> the question.... Does anyone know of a fix for this ? Is there some
way of
> "fooling" the dvd player into thinking the scart is
connected
> directly to a
> tv, instead of via a video recorder ? Maybe the scart pinouts on
> a video are
> different, but I could change them to "fool" the dvd. Or is
there perhaps
> another method of getting the scart output onto a coax. I need to
> do this as
> cheaply as possible, cos the savings have already been severely dented
> paying for the present set up to date.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Eamon
>
>
>
>
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