2005-07-03, 11:24 AM
Hi,
Recently I've lost my GBPVR system because the hard drive in my main PC died, and while I'm waiting for a replacement, I've resorted to having to watch DVDs.
As I normally do everything through GBPVR, and everything was on the HD, this was not normally a problem, and I very rarely used the DVD player. Also, most of the DVD's I normally watched were home made.
So today, I decided to watch some of my bought DVD's, and needless to say, I had very bad results.
As soon as the DVD loads, the picture fades in and out, sometimes disappearing completely. Sadly, my television is pretty ancient (RF in only), but the VCR is newer (scart) so I had my DVD player connected to the scart socket.
This was fine for most DVDs, even my bought collection of stargate DVDs, but not some of the ones I wanted to play.
I believe it's something to do with the fact I have it going through the VCR. I read on the internet something about protection to prevent copying. However, I have no choice because there is no other way to connect my DVD player to my television, and I dont see why I should have to buy a new television just because they're worried some people might want to copy their DVDs. I most certainly do not, I just want to watch them, and as I bought them, I don't see why I shouldnt.
So I'm here in the hopes there may be someone who can help give me some kind of solution. I'd just like to watch what I've bought. Is there any way I can watch these DVDs in my setup?
TV: RF input only
VCR: Scart input, RF output
DVD Player: Scart output
I'd apreciate any help,
Thanks in advance
Recently I've lost my GBPVR system because the hard drive in my main PC died, and while I'm waiting for a replacement, I've resorted to having to watch DVDs.
As I normally do everything through GBPVR, and everything was on the HD, this was not normally a problem, and I very rarely used the DVD player. Also, most of the DVD's I normally watched were home made.
So today, I decided to watch some of my bought DVD's, and needless to say, I had very bad results.
As soon as the DVD loads, the picture fades in and out, sometimes disappearing completely. Sadly, my television is pretty ancient (RF in only), but the VCR is newer (scart) so I had my DVD player connected to the scart socket.
This was fine for most DVDs, even my bought collection of stargate DVDs, but not some of the ones I wanted to play.
I believe it's something to do with the fact I have it going through the VCR. I read on the internet something about protection to prevent copying. However, I have no choice because there is no other way to connect my DVD player to my television, and I dont see why I should have to buy a new television just because they're worried some people might want to copy their DVDs. I most certainly do not, I just want to watch them, and as I bought them, I don't see why I shouldnt.
So I'm here in the hopes there may be someone who can help give me some kind of solution. I'd just like to watch what I've bought. Is there any way I can watch these DVDs in my setup?
TV: RF input only
VCR: Scart input, RF output
DVD Player: Scart output
I'd apreciate any help,
Thanks in advance