This might help:
http://www.repairfaq.org/filipg/LINK/F_MacroVision.html

Tech info how it works, and how to get rid of it.
Enjoy.

There really should be a lean mean PIC somewhere in that design ;-)

> I see the picture bloom and darken a bit when the macrovision kicks in.

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