At 11:57 AM 2/8/2006 -0500, you wrote:

> > All of the above doesn't stop me transferring vinyl to CD, especially
> > vinyl that never was re-released. I don't feel I have the right to do it,
> > it's simply for my own harmless (IMHO) convenience I also object
> > to some of the anti-piracy s/w on CDs that can stop them playing in
> > some units. (Bob Ammerman expressed similar distaste when he had
> > troubles with Macromedia and a particular TV - unfit for proper use).
> > I think there have been several recalls of failed attempts after much
> > customer disatisfaction
>
>Just to remind those who did not see/do not remember my posting about
>this...
>
>I own a Hitachi television, which at the time I purchased it, was a very
>high end set, with an excellent picture. Although this set is now rather
>old, it still beats most new sets for picture quality. About three years ago
>I finally bought a DVD player and hooked it to the set via S-VIDEO.
>Unfortunately, when watching DVD's I suffer from nasty jitter in the picture
>that comes and goes. After discussion here on the PICLIST we decided that
>the issue was likely the set getting confused by the Macrovision protection
>in the DVD output signal.

We had the same problem with "blue screen" on an older Sony TV.

>It makes no sense that I should have to buy a new
>set, or a 'Macrovision Buster' to be able to watch DVDs.

I'm sure it makes perfect sense to Hitachi/Sony/Toshiba/Samsung et al.

>Best regards,

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