I tried recording somthing off a DVD today and it came out BLACK and WHITE. Can someone help me and tell me why this happend?

DVDs are MacroVison encrypted - meaning they can't be recorded using VHS. Most, however, can be ripped onto a hard drive and/or burned onto a DVD-R (or on a VCD, but you usually need at least two discs per movie for that).

Sure!

I believe DVD's are copy protected. The picture will be distorted when you try to copy them on video tape:)

Originally posted by AKA
DVDs are MacroVison encrypted - meaning they can't be recorded using VHS. Most, however, can be ripped onto a hard drive and/or burned onto a DVD-R (or on a VCD, but you usually need at least two discs per movie for that).


OK thanks. I was wondering why that happened since have the DVD player hooked to the VCR on Line 2.

Originally posted by Jenya
Sure!

I believe DVD's are copy protected. The picture will be distorted when you try to copy them on video tape:)


Well that Explains it.

Originally posted by AKA
DVDs are MacroVison encrypted - meaning they can't be recorded using VHS. Most, however, can be ripped onto a hard drive and/or burned onto a DVD-R (or on a VCD, but you usually need at least two discs per movie for that). They do the same thing with VHS tapes

Originally posted by M82A1
They do the same thing with VHS tapes

That has not happened with Columbia Houses tapes

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
That has not happened with Columbia Houses tapes Oh, well last time I rented a tape, I tried to copy it and it came out all blurry

Not that I promote it, but Laserdiscs are not copy protected. If you can find a used laserdisc player, and a store that still rents/sells them, than you can copy them to video tape.

Hope that helps:)

I've only copied one DVD, and it came out fine.

I've copied DVD's onto video. Most worked, but a small fraction obviously had copy protection problems. However, the symptom I've seen is not that they come out in black and white. The only symptom I've seen is that the quality cycles from normal to really lously about once a minute. Could you have a wiring error of some kind?

Originally posted by BrandonS
I've copied DVD's onto video. Most worked, but a small fraction obviously had copy protection problems. However, the symptom I've seen is not that they come out in black and white. The only symptom I've seen is that the quality cycles from normal to really lously about once a minute. Could you have a wiring error of some kind?


Well that's what I'm trying to find out. I have 3 jacks on front of my VCR and 3 in back of the DVD and You always put the matcing color into that Jack. So i don't know what the problem is

Originally posted by TVFactFan
I tried recording somthing off a DVD today and it came out BLACK and WHITE. Can someone help me and tell me why this happend?Bloody copy protection Solomon!!

I have had this happen when I try to copy VHS tapes,the sync is off so it comes back black and white...

They think they are so smart but they arent really..... If ya happen to get a VCR that ignores it and copies it anyway,ya got it made! (I had a VCR like that once. IT ADDED ITS OWN SYNC TO THE INPUT SO ANYTHING COULD BE COPIED)

I dont remember what kind it was now!! (Pioneer I think)