RE: OT: DVD PLAYERS

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Not entirely,

PACE satellite receivers usually allow 2 decoders and a VCR to be connected
so you can put 2 CCTV cameras and your DVD on there and have remote control
of the source selection.

Nobody wants Analogue Satellite anymore so you can pick them up dead cheap
at car boot sales.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 July 2001 17:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: DVD PLAYERS
>
>
>
> True - a bit of a "sledgehammer t  crack a nut" solution but
I agree this
> should work too.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 22 July 2001 17:11
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: DVD PLAYERS
> >
> >
> > Hi Eamon
> >
> > Obviously I will recommend KAT5 :-))
> >
> > But there is another way if you are happy with an RF signal.
> >
> > Find an old ANALOGUE satellite receiver t  use as the modulator
> instead of
> > your VCR. Plug it into either a decoder or VCR SCART on the
> > SatReceiver and
> > away you go. DVD in all rooms. If you later decide you want the
best
> > possible quality then you can always go for KAT5.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 22 July 2001 17:17
> > > To: UKHA
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] OT: DVD PLAYERS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but hopefully someone
can
> > > help me with
> > > a problem I am having with a new DVD player.
> > >
> > >      My set up at home is, I have a Kustom multiroom system
> with all the
> > > hardware, cd player tuner etc located in my central hub (or
> > node zero ) in
> > > the utility room. Along with this I have my video player,
cable
> > > box, my new
> > > dvd, and all my coax distributed to all roooms in the house.
> The Kustom
> > > keypads also behave as an IR repeater system, so in effect I
can
> > > operate any
> > > of these devices from anywhere in the house, and watch tv,
> > video and dvd's
> > > anywhere, with audio piped through ceiling mounted speakers
in
> > > any room. My
> > > kustom has 6 sources and six zones, and everything works
like a
> > > dream...almost.
> > >
> > >   When building the house with all of the above in mind, I
> > reckoned I had
> > > pretty much everyhing covered as far as audio and tv were
> > > concerned. What I
> > > did not realise is that DVD players do not come with a rf
coax output,
> > > making it very difficult to centrally locate the dvd, and to
> > distribute it
> > > around the house (now I think I understand what all the
> excitement about
> > > KAT5 is about.....). The dvd retailer said that I could feed
> > the dvd scart
> > > into my video player, and then watch the dvd via the video
> > > channel anywhere
> > > in the house. This sounded good enough to me (I know the
> quality of the
> > > picture is not supposed to be as good, but I cant honestly
tell the
> > > difference).
> > >
> > >    Anyway , to get t  the point, it seems that some DVD
discs have a
> > > copywrite protection which will not allow them to be played
> > > through a video
> > > recorder as this would allow you to copy the DVD.... Last
night I
> > > hired out
> > > my first two DVD's (Lost souls and Meet the parents). The
first
> > > one worked a
> > > dream, but the second DVD kept changing the
contrast/brightness of the
> > > screen every couple of seconds. Watchable, but very
annoying..
> > Now here's
> > > the question.... Does anyone know of a fix for this ? Is
there
> > some way of
> > > "fooling" the dvd player into thinking the scart
is connected
> > > directly to a
> > > tv, instead of via a video recorder ? Maybe the scart
pinouts on
> > > a video are
> > > different, but I could change them to "fool" the
dvd. Or is
> > there perhaps
> > > another method of getting the scart output onto a coax. I
need to
> > > do this as
> > > cheaply as possible, cos the savings have already been
severely dented
> > > paying for the present set up to date.
> > >
> > > Any advice would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Eamon
> > >
> > >
> > >
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