OT - DVD

[KRFinch at dstsystems.com]

Actually, I ran into some pretty severe video signal loss playing a DVD on
my X-Box through the VCR.  Believe it or not, I got much better signal
using a hacksaw blade as a male-to-male cable connector than I did going
through the VCR.  It's not lossy just playing games through the VCR,
however, so I think M$ just stacked the deck on the X-Box in favor of copy
protection.  I'll probably just go get a switch.

- Kevin

PS- Before anyone gives me too much of a hard time about owning an X-Box, I
won it in a raffle, OK?  :)

                                                                                                    
                   
                    "Jeremy Fowler"                                                                 
                   
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                    12/03/2002 01:07 PM                                                             
                   
                                                                                                    
                   
                                                                                                    
                   

It depends on the VCR and the DVD player. Most will have severe visual
quality
degradation due to the "skullduggery" you mentioned. However, I know it is
possible with some of the DVD-enabled game consoles (Xbox, PS2).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Jonathan Hutchins
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 12:39 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: OT - DVD
>
>
> Can a DVD's video out be passed through a VCR for viewing on a TV that
> doesn't have Video In?  I know you're not supposed to be able to actually
> record the signal due to skullduggery with the sync component, but can
you
> at least pass it through to view?
>
>
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