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New member Username: KchwriterPost Number: 1 Registered: Oct-06 | Okay...let me make sure I have this correct!! We just bought a new DVD recorder/VHS combo. It's the Sony RDR-VX530. My husband tried to tape a movie from a premium cable channel (we have Optimum Cable) and he got a message saying it couldn't record it because it was protected. He was SURE it was Sony doing this--and that another brand recorder would record off the premium channels. But if I'm reading this board correctly, this is standard with ANY DVD recorder--due to a signal that the cable company puts out? And the only way around it is to buy a stabilizer--something like this: http://www.xdimax.com/grex/grex.html Is that correct?? As you can tell, I know very little about this. I just need to buy the stabilizer, right?? Thanks in advance for any advice! :o) Kristina (the techno-challenged) |
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Silver Member Username: Formerly_fxDallas, Tx Post Number: 185 Registered: Mar-06 | It is not Sony it is the broadcast channel (HBO or Showtime I suspect). Yes the product you linked should work, just remember the programming is copyright protected for a reason, it belongs to them, not to you. xvxvxvx |
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New member Username: QuickbeamPost Number: 3 Registered: Nov-06 | I have fought the VHS to DVD copy protection war (for fair use copies)so I'm weary from that. I recently tried to copy a show from the Cartoon Network to DVD and it came out wonky....widescreen/fullscreen, over and over again. I assume from my on-line reading that this is a copy protection feature. Would a stabilizer defeat this in the future? I'm only DVD recording for time shifting and there is obviosuly no way to know what's protected and what isn't. |
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New member Username: SonysucksassPost Number: 3 Registered: Mar-06 | I would like to know too - I have a Toshiba DR5 and I cannot record A THING off my (Roger's) HD digital box. EVERYTHING is "content protected". I now have a very expensive paperweight. |