Since Christmas of this year, my family and I have had a DVD player that can burn DVDs. It worked fine, but my little brother jammed something in it, evidently, and when my mom shoved a knife in the tray to try and get it out, she snapped something, breaking the engine that brought the disc tray out.
So, today, my mom spends 180$ on a sleek Sony DVD player that has the same capabilities, hooks it up, works fine, playing wise.
My mom went back to her normal routine of going to Tivo, selecting a movie, and burning it, so we can save money for useful things, like, you know, food, bills, etc.
She picks Resident Evil: Extinction, puts the DVD in, presses Record.
30 seconds into the movie, the recording stops. A little box pops up with this delightful message.
"Cannot record copyrighted pictures. Stopping recording."
My mom has this dumbfounded look on her face, and goes to the manual. After about 10 minutes of skimming we find a delightful little paragraph.
"Copyrighted pictures:
This DVD player cannot record copyrighted material. If a guard signal is found, the recording will stop immediately."
I was laughing hysterically at this point, and my mom was mad off that 90% of our movie collecting just went down the drain.
So this doesn't get locked for a MySpace thread, discuss ironic things in the world of technology that have happened to you.
No poop, Sherlock.
I wouldn't consider this a MySpace thread. "I just got a GF!" "I got a 100 on my test!" "My dog died ;_;" are all MySpace threads.
Just torrent the movies you need.
It said something about not recording stuff from a GH rip-off, but I don't think GNR gave them permission to make money off of a midi Paradise City...
You honestly expected something like that to work?
The company who made your old DVD player were idiots because they didn't put an anti-piracy program in it.
Get a cheap DVD player from a company too stupid to put an anti-piracy program in their DVD player. Like Coby.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 06, 2008, 05:45:22 PM
You honestly expected something like that to work?
The company who made your old DVD player were idiots because they didn't put an anti-piracy program in it.
Get a cheap DVD player from a company too stupid to put an anti-piracy program in their DVD player. Like Coby.
Our old one was Panasonic. I really didn't think they were that bad >_>
As of now, I told my mom about the sending in the 360 thing and that I want a desktop, so I suggested that we use this laptop to record from our DVR, then burn the discs from the laptop. She was basically indifferent about this, so I dunno what we're going to do.
The important thing is that this DVD player has the open/close button in a stupid place, so my little brother can't stick a puzzle piece or whatever was lodged in the old one in this one >_>
You could always BitTorrent.
I think if you have a DVR Cable box you can record anything, then take out the drive and use it on your computer; I've been wondering if that works.
God I wish I could see Resident Evil: Extinction. WHY DOSN'T THE MOVIE STORE HAVE ANY RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES?! D:
Quote from: Phaze on July 06, 2008, 06:23:31 PM
God I wish I could see Resident Evil: Extinction. WHY DOSN'T THE MOVIE STORE HAVE ANY RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES?! D:
Best Buy/Future Shop FTW.
Many old items are better than the new one. That's irony enough.
Quote from: Orgizirtee on July 06, 2008, 06:58:23 PM
Many old items are better than the new one. That's irony enough.
Which is why my Dreamcast basically has no form of copy protection whatsoever.
Quote from: Blaze-San on July 06, 2008, 06:22:05 PM
You could always BitTorrent.
I think if you have a DVR Cable box you can record anything, then take out the drive and use it on your computer; I've been wondering if that works.
I think my DVR cable box has a USB port. I tried putting in my flash drive one day, nothing.
Quote from: Riosan on July 07, 2008, 04:46:07 AM
Quote from: Blaze-San on July 06, 2008, 06:22:05 PM
You could always BitTorrent.
I think if you have a DVR Cable box you can record anything, then take out the drive and use it on your computer; I've been wondering if that works.
I think my DVR cable box has a USB port. I tried putting in my flash drive one day, nothing.
Throw an external drive in the port and see what it does.
F***ing awesome.
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
You can get a pretty good one at Best Buy for like $10.
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:32:43 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Most stores still sell them, as it is still the number one recording medium for TV in America and Australia.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:36:33 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:32:43 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Most stores still sell them, as it is still the number one recording medium for TV in America and Australia.
Heh, didn't know that.
I'll tell my mom/dad (seeing as he's home for a couple days) that.
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:37:57 AM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:36:33 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:32:43 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Most stores still sell them, as it is still the number one recording medium for TV in America and Australia.
Heh, didn't know that.
I'll tell my mom/dad (seeing as he's home for a couple days) that.
I find it pretty amazing that VHS is still the number one media for recordings, despite the fact that DVD recorders are so cheap, along with blank DVDs.
It's not like a single blank DVD costs $25 like a blank Blu-Ray disc. Yes, I have seen them being sold, even though I know of no Blu-Ray recorders available to the public.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:43:44 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:37:57 AM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:36:33 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:32:43 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Most stores still sell them, as it is still the number one recording medium for TV in America and Australia.
Heh, didn't know that.
I'll tell my mom/dad (seeing as he's home for a couple days) that.
I find it pretty amazing that VHS is still the number one media for recordings, despite the fact that DVD recorders are so cheap, along with blank DVDs.
It's not like a single blank DVD costs $25 like a blank Blu-Ray disc. Yes, I have seen them being sold, even though I know of no Blu-Ray recorders available to the public.
Blank DVDs aren't extremely cheap, but not less than blank tapes.
I'm pretty sure you could find Blu-Ray recorders on the Internet somewhere.
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 11:23:42 AM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:43:44 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:37:57 AM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on July 07, 2008, 10:36:33 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:32:43 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
Quote from: Byte on July 07, 2008, 10:28:50 AM
Quote from: Lichig0 on July 07, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Recording with a VCR should work.....going backwards in technology to get around new technology?
That means we have to use our poopty VCR D:
Can the DVD thing record off of VHS's?
More than likely, but that means we'd have to go scavenge for blank tapes.
Most stores still sell them, as it is still the number one recording medium for TV in America and Australia.
Heh, didn't know that.
I'll tell my mom/dad (seeing as he's home for a couple days) that.
I find it pretty amazing that VHS is still the number one media for recordings, despite the fact that DVD recorders are so cheap, along with blank DVDs.
It's not like a single blank DVD costs $25 like a blank Blu-Ray disc. Yes, I have seen them being sold, even though I know of no Blu-Ray recorders available to the public.
Blank DVDs aren't extremely cheap, but not less than blank tapes.
I'm pretty sure you could find Blu-Ray recorders on the Internet somewhere.
I know Alienware has PCs with Blu-Ray drives built in, and I've also seen a few disc drives that can read/record Blu-Ray, but they are like $500.
But it will be a few years before even a company like COBY will be able to make one.
Quote from: Phaze on July 06, 2008, 06:23:31 PM
God I wish I could see Resident Evil: Extinction. WHY DOSN'T THE MOVIE STORE HAVE ANY RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES?! D:
Torrent.