Brandon Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Long story short, our old rear projector HDTV finally died. We ordered a 55" LG LCD TV that will be here tomorrow and are using the 32" LCD tv from my bedroom for the time being. We cleaned up the wiring as the new TV actually supports HDMI (yay!) Anyways, one thing we can't get to work is our old VCR. The video keeps flickering in and out (Audio remains fine). The video will play for 30 seconds, flicker off, and back on again. Does this with every video. Tried another VCR we had in the basement -- same thing We have the VCR going into our reciever via the composite (red/white/yellow) which is hooked up to our TV via component (green, blue, red). Everything else works just fine. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abecedarian paradoxious Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I've seen VCR's do this before. It's usually due to anti-copying techniques used to prevent duplicating tapes. Wait, I just re-read and you have composite video connected to component. Could be related to that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Smith Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I've seen VCR's do this before. It's usually due to anti-copying techniques used to prevent duplicating tapes. Same, if I remember that far back I had to use this little anti-Macrovision box to remove that just so I could run the video through my receiver. Ideas? BluRay, or at least DVD :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Yep definitely sounds like Macrovision. Try the VCR directly connected to the TV. If the problem stops, then it was indeed Macrovision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 People still use VCRs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 People still use VCRs? My mom has some random tapes (disney movies and such) she watches on occasion. She doesn't care, so we werent going to spend money to get the BR versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edrick Smith Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 My mom has some random tapes (disney movies and such) she watches on occasion. She doesn't care, so we werent going to spend money to get the BR versions Do a transfer to a digital copy best of all it's free (assuming you know someone with the hardware or have it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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