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Apparently the DVD player on the PS2 is illegal as the unit features a RGB port on the back. A RGB port can be used to illegally copy DVDs onto video tapes and any manufacturer that sells a DVD player is meant to make sure that this can't be done.
1 million PS2 recalls anyone???
1 million PS2 recalls anyone???
Pity, but the region checking has been fixed. The recall was for that, and they have sorted the 'problem' - FREE SPEECH FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!! BLAST HOLYWOOOD !!!!!- out well b4 they hit the UK.
Baz wrote:
: Just having an RGB output probably doesn't make the unit illegal. I shouldn't imagine that any particular type of output would be deemed 'illegal'.
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: What normal DVD players have to prevent copying onto, say, a VHS recorder is a feature called 'Macrovision'. This includes a special signal in the output that, although not visible on your TV screen, interferes with the recording, resulting in a garbled picture. I'd suspect the PS2's DVD output would have to include this.
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: I have heard that the PS2's region checking is not what it should be, though...
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: Kev wrote:
: : Apparently the DVD player on the PS2 is illegal as the unit features a RGB port on the back. A RGB port can be used to illegally copy DVDs onto video tapes and any manufacturer that sells a DVD player is meant to make sure that this can't be done.
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: : 1 million PS2 recalls anyone???
Baz wrote:
: Just having an RGB output probably doesn't make the unit illegal. I shouldn't imagine that any particular type of output would be deemed 'illegal'.
:
: What normal DVD players have to prevent copying onto, say, a VHS recorder is a feature called 'Macrovision'. This includes a special signal in the output that, although not visible on your TV screen, interferes with the recording, resulting in a garbled picture. I'd suspect the PS2's DVD output would have to include this.
:
: I have heard that the PS2's region checking is not what it should be, though...
:
: Kev wrote:
: : Apparently the DVD player on the PS2 is illegal as the unit features a RGB port on the back. A RGB port can be used to illegally copy DVDs onto video tapes and any manufacturer that sells a DVD player is meant to make sure that this can't be done.
: :
: : 1 million PS2 recalls anyone???
That's exactly the point I'm making - any DVD player sold must be designed so that it is not possible to copy DVD material onto a VHS cassette, and the RGB port on the PS2 allows this to be done.
OK, maybe I was over exagerating with the player itself being 'illegal', but it puts Sony in trouble as the practice of copying DVDs to VHS is prohibited.
OK, maybe I was over exagerating with the player itself being 'illegal', but it puts Sony in trouble as the practice of copying DVDs to VHS is prohibited.
Just having an RGB output probably doesn't make the unit illegal. I shouldn't imagine that any particular type of output would be deemed 'illegal'.
What normal DVD players have to prevent copying onto, say, a VHS recorder is a feature called 'Macrovision'. This includes a special signal in the output that, although not visible on your TV screen, interferes with the recording, resulting in a garbled picture. I'd suspect the PS2's DVD output would have to include this.
I have heard that the PS2's region checking is not what it should be, though...
Kev wrote:
: Apparently the DVD player on the PS2 is illegal as the unit features a RGB port on the back. A RGB port can be used to illegally copy DVDs onto video tapes and any manufacturer that sells a DVD player is meant to make sure that this can't be done.
:
: 1 million PS2 recalls anyone???
What normal DVD players have to prevent copying onto, say, a VHS recorder is a feature called 'Macrovision'. This includes a special signal in the output that, although not visible on your TV screen, interferes with the recording, resulting in a garbled picture. I'd suspect the PS2's DVD output would have to include this.
I have heard that the PS2's region checking is not what it should be, though...
Kev wrote:
: Apparently the DVD player on the PS2 is illegal as the unit features a RGB port on the back. A RGB port can be used to illegally copy DVDs onto video tapes and any manufacturer that sells a DVD player is meant to make sure that this can't be done.
:
: 1 million PS2 recalls anyone???