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Sesame Street Seasons 30-34

BuddyBoy600alt

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Well, interestingly, I was able to transfer a few Sesame VHS tapes (Monster Hits, Zoe's Dance Moves, and I'm Glad I'm Me) to DVDs about 7 years ago...didn't have a copyright problem. Tapes from Jim Henson Video, on the other hand, no go.
Weird. I remember My Sesame Street Home Video: Play-Along Games and Songs used to scramble when the blank Betamax tape was inserted on a dual Betamax VCR Machine. When I copy it from Betamax to DVD on the Betamax/DVD recorder combo, It stops the recording and I get an error message that reads "Recording Error!: This program is not allowed to be recorded!"
 

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It depends on the DVD Recorder.

Over ten years ago, I had a DVD Recorder that could copy copyright-protected tapes and such, however the machine would automatically distort the picture as a result: for instance, after the transfer, the copied video would look like a 240p YouTube video, not to mention the top third of the picture would have a yellowish tint (if some of you are able to remember waaaay back when I first started uploading YouTube videos in 2007 and 2008 before reuploading many of them).

My current DVD Recorder (a Sanyo, which was previously Magnavox), it really depends on the tape: some tapes can be copied, others can't. On the plus side, however, tapes that can be copied can be up-converted to 1080p: it's not perfect, and it enhances artifacts and imperfections, but the quality distortion is minimal.
Stranges, My DVD Recorder just stops the recording and I remember my old Panasonic Betamax/DVD Recorder combo would read "Writing Information on disc. Please wait!" Then it reads "Cannot Record! Recording Copyrighted Content is Prohibited!"
 

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Yeah. They should do the same with the classic episodes and clips.
 

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Meanwhile, I heard Any Del has access to Oscarfan's episode tapes, can he give me the link to his (and Any's) too?
 
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