Copy protect w/Sony?

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A friend of mine has all Sony equipment. He just bought a Sony DVD 530.
His experience is as follows:
DVD direct into TV, no problem
DVD via '94 Sony VCR --pass through or record mode, picture distorts
periodically
DVD via new Sony digital camcorder: pass through is ok. Trying to tape,
get message 'copy inhibited'
Dvd via old Zenith VCR: no problem
The symptoms point to Sony having implemented a copy protect scheme.
On the VCR this seems to affect a pass through signal as well as
record, while on the newer camcorder only record is inhibited.
Is this a common thing, or a peculiarity with Sony?
thanks
Jussi

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Topic - Copy protect w/Sony? - Jussi 13:49:19 10/21/99 (3)

All DVD is equipped with copy protection (nt) - Velvet 01:16:53 10/22/99 (1)

Early Sony 7000's had an internal switch to turn off Macrovision. - TAFKA Steve 04:16:56 10/22/99 (0)

That's Macrovision and my Toshiba DVD player has it. - TAFKA Steve 15:33:01 10/21/99 (0)

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