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- From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: rec.video
- Subject: Re: Does Macrovision cause brightness fluctuations?
- Keywords: Macrovision
- Message-ID: <4448@vidiot.UUCP>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 05:26:38 GMT
- Article-I.D.: vidiot.4448
- References: <1992Nov16.141052.11026@cs.wisc.edu>
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- Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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- In article <1992Nov16.141052.11026@cs.wisc.edu> brianp@ssec.wisc.edu (Brian Paul) writes:
- <
- <I have a Mitsubishi U53 VCR. I've noticed that many prerecorded tapes that I
- <rent and buy don't maintain a constant brightness as they play; the picture
- <will go dim or brighten every 20-30 seconds. I suspect this is due to being
- <copy protected with Macrovision. Am I right? If so, is there anything I can
- <do to fix the problem?
- <
- <I just bought the special lbx collector's edition of the Star Wars trilogy and
- <while watching TESB and ROTJ the fluctuating brightness really annoyed me.
- <Also, the Star Wars (ANH) tape has a lot of glitches, which for some reason
- <appear whenever there is a bright flash or loud noise such as an explosion
- <or laser blast. I think I'm going to exchange my copy for a new one.
-
- It isn't the VCR, but the TV that is having trouble with the bright Macrovision
- pulses. Welcome to the world of Macrovision NOT causing problems (that's what
- the Macrovision people claim).
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