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A fix for the macrovision would be to use a DVD player or firmware that won't enable it on the video signal. Since DVD is digital, the macrovision isn't encoded in the MPEG stream. Instead, it's a flag that tells the DVD player's video DAC to generate macrovision on the luma channels. With VCRs you need a box to remove the macrovision from the video signal since it's recorded onto the tape. With DVDs, the DVD player has to be told not to tell the video DAC to generate macrovision.
With that said, I found a DVD player that seems like the last player anyone will want to buy. It's the Philips DVP-642. It plays divx and xvid too which is great. Hacked firmware is available. Hope this helps.
Jonathan
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