At 10:31 PM 11/18/2001 +0100, Anonymous wrote:

A number of people are selling the "Sima SED-CM" for anywhere between $25 and $60, which will supposedly remove Level 1 Macrovision. Sima makes a more pricey device, the "Color Corrector" which claims it will remove both level 1 and Level 2.

Does anyone have any experience with either of these? I've got diagrams for building my own device, but estimate parts at a minimum of $80, not accounting for soldering time. (I'm specifically looking for a device that will take RCA in, perform its job, and give me an RCA out.)

Until very recently, when I acquired a new laptop with a DVD player, I was oblivious to the fact that content providers had so thoroughly spread

I've had a Sima SCC for over six months. It works flawlessly on every DVD I've thrown at it. their poison as to reach the legitimate attempts of user Alice to route her laptop's tv-out through Alice's vcr, so as to watch a DVD on a 21" tv instead of a 14" LCD.

Plan B is, of course, to continue ripping DVDs to my HDD, remove the Macrovision, and contribute the compressed results to the body of DivX ;-) works out there.

I tried DivX but later changed to sVCD. At the higher bit rates its virtually broadcast quality, much better than VHS (even S-VHS), and you can cut CDs to play on many home theater DVDs and on any Windows laptop using PowerDVD. Great for time shifting your DVD rentals ;-)