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Authored by: sgi_oh_too on May 03, '03 03:37:12PM

but what about the dimming cycle, repeated dimming and
brightening of the screen (i think as a deterrent to making vhs
copies), that dvd player does when watching a movie full screen
via video out? how does someone get around that?



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Overscan is back
Authored by: Anechoic on May 04, '03 11:57:06AM

Are you connecting your Mac through a VCR or pre-amp, instead
of directly to the TV? If so, try connnecting to the TV and see if
your still getting those effects. My understanding is that the
Macrovision circuitry shouldn't be built into the line-inputs of a
TV, but are likely present in any modern video recording devices
that have line inputs.

I for one am out of luck since my TV doesn't have line-in's, so I
have to connect my Pismo through my VCR.



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Overscan is back
Authored by: Grecy on May 04, '03 10:24:55PM

The constant dimming you are seeing is the macrovision protection that is in a DVD.

When a DVD is played, signals are also sent which control the auto-contrast feature of newer VCR's. This is to prevent people from pluggin a DVD player straight into a VCR and copying all the DVD's they wish.

To avoid this happening, make sure there is no VCR plugged into your system (ie. is your computer connected to your VCR then to the TV?) I would connect the computer directly to the TV and remove all VCR's from the chain.

Hope this helps
-Dan



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