View Full Version : what is the best way to move retrace lines & macro especially on roundie color sets


kramden66
04-08-2015, 12:59 AM
i've been searching the net for ideas and saw some older vk threads that say use a video stabilizer , don't use a macrovision remover ?
is it better to add a banking circuit in the set ?
i'd like to get rid of the macro retrace lines that come and go on certain dvds .
opinions please
mike

miniman82
04-08-2015, 07:31 AM
I tried using a TBC, but it didn't work. Ended up buying a macro remover from eBay, worked like a champ.

N2IXK
04-08-2015, 09:25 AM
Have been having really great results from a Link Electronics PRC-970 proc amp. Removes/replaces whatever lines you select from the VBI...

kramden66
04-08-2015, 11:00 AM
that Link PRC-970 is way too expensive for me , miniman what macro remover are you using or can suggest ?
does it have just the rca phono inputs or others like svhs ?

Gleb
04-08-2015, 12:44 PM
i'd like to get rid of the macro retrace lines that come and go on certain dvds .
opinions please

I found out recently that some DVD players have no macrovision on the component outputs while they do have it on the composite output (yellow). If you meet such a player, you might connect the component outputs directly to your TV or use an external color modulator.

miniman82
04-08-2015, 03:08 PM
This: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Video-Stabilizer-for-1st-2nd-Generation-copying-/181677190953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4ccdef29

kramden66
04-09-2015, 01:24 AM
miniman thanks , i see it has svhs in and out which may come in handy.

whats the story with this type ? not good enough ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advanced-Digital-Video-Stabilizer-Uses-CMOS-Chips-Available-at-Wholesale-Price-/190862752528?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c704e7b10

radiomec
04-09-2015, 03:15 PM
I'm just seeing around for make a simply circuit that removes the teletext signals and its lines on the pictures. I friend of mine has made a very good circuit, as soon as possible I'll ask to you and put his schematic on VK.

Phil Nelson
04-09-2015, 05:49 PM
This: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Video-Stabilizer-for-1st-2nd-Generation-copying-/181677190953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4ccdef29Hey, that's the same one that I use. I bought mine years and thought they had gone out of business when their old web link disappeared. I guess they just moved to eBay.

Mine not only removes Macrovision, etc., from DVDs, it also eliminated a mysterious signal that appeared on certain channels on our cable system, making Macrovision-like inteference that drove some of my vintage TVs nuts (http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=263915).

Phil Nelson

Tim
04-10-2015, 12:22 AM
whats the story with this type ? not good enough ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advanced-Digital-Video-Stabilizer-Uses-CMOS-Chips-Available-at-Wholesale-Price-/190862752528?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c704e7b10

I have used that one and it does the job.