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Dear sirs ,
the reason I would wish to disable Macrovision on my player ( currently Sony DVP-S325 - but soon to be upgraded either to DVP-S7700 or DVP-S9000 whichever I am successful bidding for on eBay) is that Macrovision encoded discs cause a constant pulsing of the black level which is both noticeable and extremely annoying when viewed on my Sony VPH 1270QM CRT projector .
I have no wish to copy/backup any discs or tapes , just to view my legitimately purchased discs on my equipment . It is perhaps unfortunate that I am using a projector with a contrast ratio of 17,000 : 1 (something Plasma Screen , LCD and DLP projector owners can only dream of) which reveals shortcomings in programme material that even CRT broadcast monitors such as my Sony PVM2730QM do not.
The player is connected via my Sony TAE 1000 ESD AV preamp and the Sony PC 1270 interface switcher . It makes no difference whether I use composite , S-Video or RGB inputs or whether I connect the player directly to the interface switcher or even to the projector ; this effect is always present.
Non Macrovision DVD discs play perfectly as do Laserdiscs which of course do not have Macrovision. Where possible I still buy films on Laserdisc rather than DVD for this reason alone . Strangely , Macrovision encoded DVD discs play fine via my Apple MacIntosh G4 connected to the switcher via RGBHV as do Macrovision encoded VHS tapes played via my Panasonic AG7330 S-VHS player . I would just use the computer as a player except that it lacks a digital audio output
. Therefore it is not much use for home cinema purposes when I can't decode AC-3 from it . One day I'll get a G5 !
I know the answer is to get a player with a hardware Macrovision modification and , as I said above , am looking for one of the players already mentioned .
I just wanted to emphasise that people who want rid of Macrovision are not always those who wish to participate in 'Grey' activities such as backup or copying of copyright material . Macrovision is flawed and does cause real problems for some of us who wish to simply view legitimately purchased discs !!!
the reason I would wish to disable Macrovision on my player ( currently Sony DVP-S325 - but soon to be upgraded either to DVP-S7700 or DVP-S9000 whichever I am successful bidding for on eBay) is that Macrovision encoded discs cause a constant pulsing of the black level which is both noticeable and extremely annoying when viewed on my Sony VPH 1270QM CRT projector .
I have no wish to copy/backup any discs or tapes , just to view my legitimately purchased discs on my equipment . It is perhaps unfortunate that I am using a projector with a contrast ratio of 17,000 : 1 (something Plasma Screen , LCD and DLP projector owners can only dream of) which reveals shortcomings in programme material that even CRT broadcast monitors such as my Sony PVM2730QM do not.
The player is connected via my Sony TAE 1000 ESD AV preamp and the Sony PC 1270 interface switcher . It makes no difference whether I use composite , S-Video or RGB inputs or whether I connect the player directly to the interface switcher or even to the projector ; this effect is always present.
Non Macrovision DVD discs play perfectly as do Laserdiscs which of course do not have Macrovision. Where possible I still buy films on Laserdisc rather than DVD for this reason alone . Strangely , Macrovision encoded DVD discs play fine via my Apple MacIntosh G4 connected to the switcher via RGBHV as do Macrovision encoded VHS tapes played via my Panasonic AG7330 S-VHS player . I would just use the computer as a player except that it lacks a digital audio output
. Therefore it is not much use for home cinema purposes when I can't decode AC-3 from it . One day I'll get a G5 !I know the answer is to get a player with a hardware Macrovision modification and , as I said above , am looking for one of the players already mentioned .
I just wanted to emphasise that people who want rid of Macrovision are not always those who wish to participate in 'Grey' activities such as backup or copying of copyright material . Macrovision is flawed and does cause real problems for some of us who wish to simply view legitimately purchased discs !!!
sounded like you needed help 
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