I just bought a DVD player (toshiba sd-4900) and mated it up (via RCA) to the only TV in the house: a Quasar VV-2005 tv/vcr combo. Some of the DVDs I own (<I>Tenacious Complete Masterworks</I> and ...

I've been waiting for certain titles to finally be released on DVD for like 10+ years.<BR><BR>If I bought them in VHS format and wanted to "back them up" to a DVD burner is there a standalone burner ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif — SUNNYVALE, Calif.--The technology of Macrovision Corp., which prevents people from copying DVD movies onto videotape, is woven into every DVD player sold in America. The company has ...

If you’ve ever tried to take your old VHS home movies and get them on DVD, you probably know what a pain in the ass it can be to hook up that ancient, possibly-functioning VCR to a PC-based video ...

I was trying to repair a Disney VHS that was partially eaten by the tape player yesterday. Actually, I was copying the good sections from the original to a better quality new tape to make a tape that ...

Macrovision on Tuesday released a new DVD copy-protection technology in hopes of substantially broadening its role in Hollywood's antipiracy effort. The content-protection company is pointing to the ...

Oh, for the old days when sailing the seas of piracy was as simple as hooking a couple of VCRs together with a dubbing cable. Sure, the video quality degraded with each generation, but it was so bad ...