Re: macrovision & rf distribution

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

egelbeertje wrote:

> I'm currently using an old vcr as an rf modulator for distributing
> dvd video to the bedroom set. Now my faithful Pioneer dvd (with
> macrovision and region hack) has had some quirks and I replaced it
> with a cheap Mustek for the time being (budget constraints ;-)- it's
> region free alright but macrovision is a bugger.
> I've always been told that macrovision saturates the vcr input signal
> so the vcr tries to compensate for it creating the brightness to
> fluctuate - will this be solved by using an off the shelf modulator
> or do these things also suffer from same phenomena ??

Ones with agc will suffer, ones without will put all sorts of hash over the
next
few channels either side as they overmodulate the signal somewhat. Same
applies
for ones that dont properly limit the video bandwidth.


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