Is there anyway to record movies you bought on demand from Virgin media?

Question

I'm in the uk and i want to record a film off Virgin Medias on demand service but when you press record it says its not allowed and the dvd recorder refuses to record. I dont want to sit through a 3 hour hour film in 1 go and i might want to watch it again so is there anyway i can record it, short of filming the screen with a camcorder?

Answer 1

You can buy a lead that goes from your TV to your computer, and it can be saved to the PC.

Answer 2

The block on our DVD in in the Signal of the video stream, and your DVD will read that and by law must stop you recording it.

This is a new generation products feature, so to bypass it, you may have to use older generation products that do not know about this feature such as older VHS recorders maybe.

You can try the following:

1 - Get you Virgin media box to go via Scart to a VHS recorder and from there to your TV, see if your old VHS recorder can do it.

2 - Use a room to room signal repeater and connect that to a Recorder, some repeaters may ignore the block signal and not pass it along.

3 - If you have a TV in cad in your computer, connect the Virgin Media box to that and use a recording software on your PC to record it.

4 - Rent the film instead, and watch it in your own good time, it ends up about the same price too often.