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pudding1
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_ 		4. November 2007 @ 02:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have some old but favorite videos I want to put onto DVD. The videos are copyright blocked. Can anyone tell me how to do this. I have a video/dvdburner machine and a computer with a dvd burner. Can you tell me what 'type' of assessories I need and give me blow by blow instructions - I am not technologically literate.
Thanks
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attar
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_ 		4. November 2007 @ 07:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are you saying you want to copy VHS tapes into a standalone DVD recorder?
If so, not all movie tapes have Macrovision protection.
The ones that do, require that you connect the (yellow) video (not the audio) through a so called 'Optimizer' or 'Video stabilizer'.

These stabilizers, typically made by 'Optex' and sold through Radio Shack were popular in the eighties and early nineties - someone you know has one gathering dust.
I use a fifteen year old optex between the VCR and my DVDR
It runs on a nine volt battery.
They are still available on eBay.
Google 'video stabilizer'

Below is a typical sample, note that this sample says it won't work with a DVD recorder (I don't know what it's good for otherwise).
http://www.bgsales.com/video-stabilizer/...stabilizer.html
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