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From: Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cable Competition at Last!
Message-ID: <38504@cup.portal.com>
Date: 27 Jan 91 01:33:06 GMT
References: <620@wybbs.mi.org> <1991Jan25.140848.24260@kodak.kodak.com>
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Charlie writes:
>In article <620@wybbs.mi.org>, ken@wybbs.mi.org (Ken) writes:
>|>    o Videotape inhibit circuit will prevent home taping unless premium
>|>      charge is paid.
>|>  
>
>This may not be the correct newsgroup for this question but I'll 
>ask anyways. How does this videotape inhibit work.  It would seem
>to me that the signal can "tell" that it is bing recorded.  How
>can it do this?  Is there some component of the signal that is
>missing that is required by the recorder and not the TV?

  It's probably a version of Macrovision - screws up the VCR but doesn't
bother the TV.  (A few tapes that I've used with my VCR - originals no less
- were protected and screwed up my TV anyway.  Nice copy protection - it
fucks with everybody.)

>
>Charlie Dennett          | Rochester Distributed Computer Services

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