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Originally Posted by Cyclone82
some people outside Japan have bought them and found they worked
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I would always be careful about this. Lots of people claim the various "copy protection removers" (fake TBCs) work, too, but you'll often find the videos transferred with them have lots of issues. The person either is either oblivious (not paying attention) or simply doesn't care. Just look at how many people like the Grex units, yet those devices cause luminance errors, which make the signal shift brightness values every 5 or so minutes. It's not really "removing" anything as much as it's fighting it on-screen.
It's the evil "good enough" syndrome.
But "good enough" isn't the same as excellent quality.
If you do buy it, don't spend more than you're willing to lose, and keep low expectations. Expect to be disappointed.