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Bob,

A quick reply. Movies can have two levels of Macrovision: Macrovision 1
and/or Macrovision 2.

I don't remember the specific models, but the fancier Sima (around $100
about a year ago) takes care of both. Nevertheless, I bought the less
expensive Sima color corrector for $40 to see if it would do the trick
anyway (just taking out Macrovision 1) and I haven't had one video that it
didn't successfully do with a setup similar to yours (vcr to ati aiw).

C

"Bob & Martha Vera" <gmbvera@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Simple Question:
> Which of these Sima products: the GoDVD (Model CT-2) or the Color
Corrector
> 2 Pro Series (Model SCC-2) will enabled me to record macrovision protected
> VHS tapes to my harddrive?
>
> Some background ...
> I have an ATI 9000.
> My connection is VHS->ATI 9000->HARD DISK.
> I want to record MPEG-2 onto the hard disk.
>
> Some videos are protected by macrovision.
> The resulting MPEG of the recording of the protected VHS consists of color
> bar which occupies 95-98 percent of the screen.
>
> I have read several dozen articles in the archives and at various web
sites.
> NOW I AM REALLY CONFUSED!
>
> Simple Question:
> Which of these Sima products: the GoDVD (Model CT-2) or the Color
Corrector
> 2 Pro Series (Model SCC-2) will enabled me to record macrovision protected
> VHS tapes to my harddrive?
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
>
>