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From: ries@arcturus (Marc Ries)
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Subject: Re: TV distortion from copy protected video tapes?
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Date: 20 Feb 89 15:11:51 GMT
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>     I have noticed that some commercially produced video tapes produce
>a distorted picture and sound track when played on my moderately old
>television set; I have no such problem with videos I have taped myself.
[...]
>    If this is the likely problem, is there a filter or conditioning device
>which can be constructed to fix it?  Thanks for the help.       

  Sounds like the copy-guard by-products of Macrovision(TM).

  Yes, it can wreck havoc on older TVs (as well as some new ones).
  Yes, there are some filters for it.  Check the back-section ads
  in the likes of Video and Video Review magazines.

  PS: This sounds likes a "rec.video" question. 

Marc Ries
TRW Defense Systems Group/HMI
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