Cheap way of disableing macrovision?

[scviyer]

Hello,

My son has many old VHS tapes that are not available on DVD. Recently I have noticed the quality starting to drop on some of them, so I want to produce some back-ups on by standalone DVD recorder (Sony RDR-GX3). By the way its already region free. Currently when I try I get the message unable to record from that source!

Is there a way I can do this cheaply? I have looked around some pages and found some Scart leads at £38, or a red box at $79. Really I'm after a really cheap alternative.

Any help would be great. Thanks.

[joegib]

This unit is appreciably cheaper:

http://www.sonel.com/

Haven't used it myself so don't know how effective it is. Suggest you check out the UK AV forums and do a Web search to see what the verdict is. Doubt you'll find anything cheaper than this.

[scviyer]

Thanks for the info joegib. I'll get one on order this evening.

I'll let you know how i get on with it (if you're interested). Looking through a google search, people seem quite happy with it.

Cheers.