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Re: Copy protected Fios TV... I have owned literally dozens of DVD recorders (they are a dime a dozen) and only had one that gave me a problem recording copy protected stuff. It was a Philips recorder. Dish Network blocked the recording of copy protected stuff even on the old RCA (composite cables). I ended up buying a box online that removed the fading in and out of my recordings and cleaned up the videos. It worked like a charm. I won't give specifics. Do your own research elsewhere. I have two different recorders now (a Samsung and Toshiba) and record off both DirecTV and FIOS all the time without a problem.
Somebody mentioned that you won't maintain the HD. Of course you won't. Even though component cables are analog HD, and composite is analog SD (people often mix up these two cable types on here and other sites), it doesn't matter what you use. If you are recording to DVD-R or DVD+R it is SD only anyway. Unless you have an HD burner like a Bluray burner, you are only going to get SD no matter what cables you use. For me, I am OK with that because a good recorder will at least maintain the aspect ratio and still looks OK when you go watch the archive later. So, if you record something off HBO HD, it records in SD but you still have the 16x9. Even on a SD TV, an HD signal with the black bars looks better in most circumstances than an SD signal. So you will be able to watch that recording on any decent DVD player and it will be 16x9 SD. Much better than the crap original SD of HBO in SD being recorded.
DVD burners are pretty cheap these days. You can get one for less than $100 that will do the job and you won't need the filter. It may be time for you to replace that aging DVD recorder. Just a thought. |
