I HATE DIVX. Period. Boom Bing. Gone. but, this last posting by Dennis Bassi was the arguement a Good Guys employess used on me and it had a spec of validity. The posting by dennis is this: The reason that I copy DVD's is for time shifting only. Sure, I would like to watch the rented DVD
straight off of my player, but sometimes I am busy and can't get to the movie I rented, or I end up
falling asleep watching it! Therefore, I have my VCR going so that I can return it the next day.

I buy any DVD's that I am truly interested in keeping


Doesnt DIVX sound like the solution for him. I personally have been nailed by Blockbuster when I rented 3 or 4 DVDs adn then I accidently return them late. Its this problem that I have seen many of our die hard open format customers switch over.
DIVX is not for me and it will never be. It makes me sick to see it.
I support Alexes viewpoint, why copy, when thay arent that expensive and yo can get them in 5.1 input. Plus you kill all of the features. You might as well ahve a DIVX machine...Im putting on my armor after this posting. LOL

HiFi Guy,

I guess the point is moot, since DIVX is now dead (hooray), but I'll address it anyway. DIVX would not solve the "falling asleep" problem completely. Once I start the movie, I would have only 48 hours to watch it. Besides, I can rent them for .99, and in Widescreen, the way I MUST see a movie.

DIVX was expensive, poor quality, and a rip-off.

Adios

I copy DVDs to SVHS tape sometimes because I can rent them on tuesday for 49 cents, but have to bring them back on thursday. My wife works so damned hard that she's only got time to watch movies with me on the weekends. If I watch a DVD movie that I think she'll enjoy, I make a copy of it to my JVC SVHS deck. In my setup, all (four) video sources go into a SIMA SVS-4 video switch. It has two outputs. One S-video output goes straight to the TV's S-video input,and the other goes to a SIMA Video COPYMASTER then to the S-video inputs of the JVC. I have yet to find any video original (VHS or DVD) that I could not copy. If my wife or I REALLY like a movie, I go looking on the WWW for a good DVD price and buy it for our collection. The SVHS copied tapes get reused each week.

John, I looked at videotek.com on the web, and when I didn't find the product you mentioned, I called them. They don't make such a product, and suggested that sombody made a mistake in saying they do. Can you be more specific in your claim that this product actually exists?
This refers back to your message about a DVD to VHS copier enhancer.

Joseph, There are several manufactures of devices that will eliminate macrovision from the video signal. I use a SIMA CopyMaster I bought at a Best Buy. Most of these devices don't announce that they defeat macrovision, they just promise that they can help you make good copies of your own tapes (or DVDs)for archival purposes. Look in the adds in any VideoMaker or similar magazine. SIMA has a web site.