On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 14:33, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:48:00PM -0400, Andrew Wyatt wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 29 September 2002 01:33 pm, you wrote:
> > > Tivo-ers:
> > >
> > > I record a lot of shows for play later on Tivo, set to medium quality.
> > > Occasionally, I want to save something to tape. But the quality is
> > > _horrible_ (virtually unwatchable) even on new tapes. I've cleaned my
> > > tape heads. Anyone else seen this before, and is this a function of some
> > > encoding done by the networks or Tivo, or should I invest in a new VCR?
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> >
> > Hmm, wonder if yout TIVO has Macrovision in it.
> >
>
> Er... umm, I have no idea. The phenomenon is that I get continuous
> flashes of red, green and blue dots all over the image, and the color of
> the image changes to black and white behind this while its going on.
>
> Paul
It's my understanding that if the original programming has Macrovision
on it, the TIVO will pass it on thru unchanged (just like corn). Does
the VHS record ok from other sources?
Jim
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