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I was just curious as to which dual-deck VCRs you're referring to? Go-Video used to make them with the chip inside that disabled Macrovision but it lost in court many years ago so every dual-deck VCR they currently make can't disable Macrovision. (I haven't seen any other manufacturers with double-deck VCRs but they may very well be out there.)
The only reason I know about Go-Video dual-deck recorders is that I bought one when it still had the chip to disable Macrovision. It worked great for backing up all my store-bought videos, but as I found out later, it doesn't really remove the Macrovision, it just overrides it so the copy can be made. And I only found this out when I bought a Philips DVDR985 DVD recorder a couple of years ago and I got the "copy protected" message when I tried to archive store-bought VHS tapes to DVD -- so I thought I'd be clever and I went and dug out my back-up VHS copies but found out the DVD recorder said "copy protected" with them too! I ended up buying a "video stabilizer" on ebay for <$20, re-copying my store-bought VHS tapes using a two-VCR set-up with the video stabilizer in the middle, and then archiving THOSE copies to DVD using the Philips DVD recorder. Seems like there's gotta be an easier way? If you've found it out please post!
I just bought a DVD recorder for my computer too but I don't have the set-up to capture analog sources ... that's my next purchase. These forums are very helpful in learning how to do these things.
(And oops, I just re-read your message and it looked like you were referring to a DVD/VCR combo -- but onestop is correct, those don't get rid of the Macrovision. In some ways the dual-deck units are even worse than hooking up two separate units because with a dual-deck unit you obviously can't hook up a video stabilizer between them.)
In any case, good luck!
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
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