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From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Videociphers
Message-ID: <21687@teda.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 91 15:02:39 GMT
References: <6225@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
Organization: Teradyne EDA, Inc.
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In article <6225@oasys.dt.navy.mil> downin@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Dave Downin) writes:
-I am looking for the name and phone numbers of some companies that sell
-videociphers  (allowing you to make copies of video tapes).  

Videocipher is a system for scrambling satellite downlinks (HBO, etc.)
What you are looking for is called a 'Macrovision scrubber' to remove
the effect of the Macrovision copy protection scheme.  They are also 
useful if your (newer) TV goes crazy when watching a protected tape.
One of my co-workers bought the kit from D&D Electronics (800-332-3557, $29.00)
and is very happy with it.
/mike
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