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Macrovision: The Copy Protection in VHS

Did you ever try to copy one VHS tape to another and find that it just, well, didn’t work? Macrovision was the clever creation of what is now TiVo that managed to confuse a VCR without causing too much distress to a TV. In this video, we find out what it is, how to spot it, and how it works (with a healthy dose of speculation).

English
  • Originally Aired May 22, 2018
  • Runtime 12 minutes
  • Production Code -VqsU1VK3mU
  • Network YouTube
  • Created July 7, 2020 by
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  • Modified January 16, 2024 by
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