BTW, once you upgrade DVP642 to the latest firmware (1109) it's no
longer MV free, so it may not be MV free out of the box, and Philips
seems to not allow downgrades on players manufactured on or after
Oct 04.

- G.

--- In ezpatch@yahoogroups.com, Rick Housh <rick_housh@y...> wrote:
> ---Original message by Steve Kirkpatrick, at 12:14 PM 12/1/04
+0000 ---
>
>
> >> Well, I'm baffled again. A dvd disk does not have the
macrovision
> >code embedded like a vcr. The macrovision encoder is built into
the
> >dvd machine and is either on or off. What do you mean, "macro
vision
> >free for vcr's but sadly not for dvd output"?
> >>
> >>
> >> - Rick Housh -
> >
> >Hey Rick,
> >
> >You are incorrect when you say, “A dvd disk does not have the
> >macrovision code embedded like a vcr.” All dvd discs that use
> >Macrovision as their protection scheme have bits of code in them
that
> >trigger the Macrovision circuit in your dvd player to enable for
that
> >particular disc. (VCR’s don’t have any built in Macrovision
circuits
> >like dvd players do.) My comment refers to the ability of the 642
to
> >copy a DVD onto analog tape but not to make a digital copy. My
guess
> >is that the type of Macrovision circuit used to prevent video
taping
> >is not installed on the 642, but the type of Macrovision or CSS
> >circuit used to prevent digital copying is installed on the 642.
> ---End of Original Message---
>
> Thanks, now I understand what you were saying. I did understand
how macrovision works on both tapes and DVD's, I just didn't
understand the remark.
>
> Looks like a good machine. I'll check it out.
>
> - Rick Housh -