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In article <2859@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP> perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
>
>Some years ago a VCR maker (forgot which one) came out with a machine
>which used a different kind of AGC circuit which was not affected by
>Macrovision.  It was not their intention to defeat Macrovision, it just
>worked out that way because Macrovision takes advantage of an
>unintended behavioral characteristic of the extant AGC circuit.  The
>Macrovision people complained and the VCR maker modified the new
>circuit so that it would reject a Macrovision signal.
>
>Robert Perlberg

My old Sony Beta machine has never failed to record any tapes protected
by Macrovision.  I'm told this is quite common, as beta is supposed to
be unaffected by Macrovision.  However, I also have a newr SLV 585 HF
that has successfully recorded a few Macrovisioned tapes that a friend's
JVC could not handle.  Could it be that Sony's AGC circuits are too slow
to respond to Macrovision's interference?

eyc
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