Dubbing a vhs tape to a DVD tape

[Sweet Marissa]

Just musing, but I am wondering why VHS players were able to record copyrighted programs and movies for so long? How was that legal?

My neighbors had a garage sale and gave me a huge box of recorded videos that I will go through and see if any are worth keeping. They know I still have a Go Video combination VCR and DVD player/recorder.

I never understood that, either. Or why you could copy mix tapes for friends but filesharing from your computer is illegal.

 

[rocketship]

How do I extract the pm message?

 

[Mick56]

Most of the tapes that are protected use Macrovision, I think it was introduced in the early 1980's. The vcr's then also had to be made to be able to recognize Macrovision so they could distort the signal. If you can find an early vcr, one of the old heavy ones from before the Macrovision era, you can use it for dubbing, as it will not recognize the Macrovision. I have an
old one I found at a rummage sale for a buck, it works fine, but it weighs about 20 pounds,