[Ham-Computers] VHS to DVD solved

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi John,

One possibility is to get personal information from you. There is a huge 
market for this, legal or not, disclosures and OOPS! just seem to happen.

Remember the employee of AOL who sold the information AOL had on about one 
million subscribers to a man who brokered the deal out of Las Vegas two 
years ago? Naturally the broker unloaded the material within minutes of its 
electronic receipt to other information brokers, AKA spam venders, around 
the world!

The employee who worked for AOL was fired etc. But the damage was done! One 
million subscribers, all of whom were assured of their personal information 
safety and protection from theft, found out it was untrue. When it comes to 
the Internet, according to 'every' professional in this field that I know, 
all warn me that there is absolutely nothing on the Internet that is 
'secure', 'personal', theft proof etc. A great deal of effort and money is 
devoted annually to keeping the "safe" illusion intact and luring more 
Internet users into the deception that on-line anything is safe.

As a Professional Magician/Illusionist I learned all sorts of private 
information from just listening to seeming idle conversations. People have 
no idea how much private information they tell the world. Just listen to 
your work associates during lunch, while taking a break and chatting, while 
in the checkout line at the grocery store etc. Then ask yourself how much of 
this private information you are telling the world without even thinking 
about it.

When you call the business, they have a display much like 911 does; name, 
street address, city, state, zip code, phone number etc. Just by calling you 
have given them private information.

There are only a few companies who actually build these products and then 
the name of Emerson, or whomever, is put on it.

When you say "an upgrade", nothing you spoke about involved this upgrade. 
Such as installing new data, patches etc.

Was this "fix" in the owners manual?

I am sure there are many reasons such things are done, just my thoughts on 
it.


Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
http://hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB6BLV" <wb6blv at inreach.com>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] VHS to DVD solved


>I contacted the  manufacturer of this unit and was transferred to an
> 'engineer' who told me all I needed was an 'upgrade'.  This turned out to 
> be
> a few numbers to be entered on the remote control.  Sure enough, the unit
> now accepts 16X media for recording purposes!
>
> It appears that both Sylvania and Emerson DVRs have this 'upgrade' 
> feature,
> and Magnavox may have it.  Can anyone tell me why the units would be set 
> up
> this way (requiring a call to the manufacturer to get the 'upgrade')?
>
> John
> WB6BLV at inreach.com
>
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