Technology Connections S4 E15 - Macrovision: The Copy Protection in VHSmovie

Technology Connections

Technology Connections S4 E15 - Macrovision: The Copy Protection in VHS

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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).

Creator	Alec Watson
Actor	Alec Watson
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