DVD players and piracy

**The Cavity** · February 15th, 2004, 05:01 AM

The disc is copy-protected.

windowslaws · February 15th, 2004, 10:21 AM

everthing won't be fine.

shame on you

**Kev Owens** · February 15th, 2004, 11:29 AM

And so forth...

**thetokyobombdisaster** · February 15th, 2004, 01:29 PM

Well, since the movie was made in 1975, I'm sure it's made it's fair share of $$$

**thetokyobombdisaster** · February 15th, 2004, 01:30 PM

Well, since the movie was made in 1975, I'm sure it's made it's fair share of $$$

**thetokyobombdisaster** · February 15th, 2004, 04:47 PM

in the past, i have heard that some DVD players are not compatible with VCR's for copyright reasons. well mine, which is a pioneer, isnt...because i run my dvd player through it. but i recently tried to record the DVD onto VHS through my VCR, and i found the quality on the DVD purposely shitty because of the recording. whenever i stopped recording, the DVD went back to normal. is there any way around this? whenever i tried recording onto my VCR, this little thing highlighted, and said "OTR" what does that mean? if there is anyway around it, please let me know, and please atleast give me a simple explanation as to what is going on. the movie was "one flew over the cuckoo's nest, which i rented from hastings. is that the reason? because it's rented? i notice it's not the original DVD, but it looks like a professionally rental/protected one, is that so? could someone please give me an explanation?if you're against piracy, please dont even post, just press the back button, and everything will be fine. thanks.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ February 15, 2004 12:50 AM: Message edited by: David Carradine ]</font>

windowslaws · February 15th, 2004, 10:50 PM

good argument,

keep raping

**Actor** · February 16th, 2004, 12:30 AM

Lousy argument! Won't hold up in court.

If someone had discovered a gold mine in 1975 and the owners have made their fair share of $$$ does that give you the right to burglarize the mine?

**Actor** · February 16th, 2004, 12:42 AM

if there is anyway around it, please let me know, and please atleast give me a simple explanation as to what is going on.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What is going on is that the DVD player and the VCR are talking to one another. Basically the DVD player is asking the VCR if it is in record mode and the VCR is responding in the affirmative. When that happens the DVD player deliberately degrades its signal.

Obviously both the DVD player and the VCR have to be designed to do this. Most are. It's an agreement between the manufacturers.