TEXT VHS1

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FILENAME(S): TEXT VHS1

FILE TYPE(S): DEL

FILE SIZE: 1.4K

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00000590: 4C 21 0D 0D 10                                    |L!...           |

.`........H.  ]] M A C R O  V H S  C O D
 I N G [[ .-----------------------------
---------------.A RECENT "FILM 92" STATE
D THAT THE .VIDEO FILM INDUSTRY IS SOON 
TO BE .CODING THEIR RELEASES IN A BID TO
 .STOP PIRACY. IT IS ALSO STATED THAT .T
HE RENTAL MARKET IS LOSING MILLIONS.OF P
OUNDS DUE TO PIRACY , BUT THE.RETAIL MAR
KET IS ON AN ALL-TIME HIGH..THE "NEW" CO
DING SYSTEM IS CALLED,."MACRO CODING", A
ND WHILST THE FILM.IS BEING TRANSFERED T
O VHS, THE .CODING SYSTEM ADDS ANOTHER T
RANS-.PARANT SIGNAL TO THE TAPE. WHEN TH
E.AVERAGE PERSON RENTS OUT THE FILM,.AND
 WATCHES IT, HE/SHE IS TOTALLY .UNAWARE 
THAT THE CODE IS THERE. .HOWEVER, WHEN Y
OU HOOK TWO VIDEO'S.UP TO COPY THE FILM 
ONTO ANOTHER.TAPE, THAT'S WHEN THE HEADA
CHES.START! USUALLY, THE TV IS CONNECTED
.TO THE RECORDING VCR, SO THAT YOU.CAN T
ELL IF THE SIGNAL IS REACHING IT,.AND TH
AT ALL IS GENERALLY WELL. BUT.THIS IS WH
EN THE CODE SHOWS UP. THE.SIGNAL CHANGES
 THE CONTRAST OF THE.PICTURE, SO THAT IT
 BECOMES VERY.LOW..THEN IT STARTS TO FLU
CTUATE HIGHER.AND LOWER. THIS CONFUSES T
HE RECORD-.ING VCR TOTALLY, AND WHEN YOU
 PLAY-.BACK THE RECORDED SECTION, IT COM
ES.OUT TERRIBLE, AND THE PICTURE EVEN.BE
GINS TO ROLL!!.THE OLDER PIANO-TYPE VCR'
S (REMEMBER.THEM?) CAN GET AROUND THE PR
OBLEM,.BECAUSE THEY ARE SO OLD, THAT THE
Y.DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE SIGNAL IS.THE
RE! AND SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW.HAVE F
LASH HI-FI STEREO NICAM VCR'S,.THE MACRO
 CODING CONFUSES THEM ALL!...

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