re making copy of a video tape victor inqmind bison mb ca victor laking writes you are experiencing what is called macrovision it is the protection that they use on the video tapes there are two ways around this that i know of first of all you can try using a different vcr to copy onto it is the input of the vcr that reacts to the protection so sometimes just switching the two vcrs around will take care of it some models just don t react to it does this also affect the viewing of tapes i have had problems with a couple of rented tapes they were virtually unviewable i fiddled with the tuning tracking and vertical hold but it was no good
