Well i did a simple test on my DVD rom, i bypassed the VCR and hooked straight up to the TV usuing the three cables supplied.(red,white,yellow). And i played the nutty professor 2: the klumps just fine. But heres an idea, what if you have an older model tv? and well you cant play DVD through your VCR for the fact of sony\'s anti-protection chip and \'macvision\'.(it screws up your dvd movie, so cant be copied, a real hassle). So you have an older model tv, and no connection to connect straight through the tv, and not the VCR? you hjave to be the adaptor, which is sonys smart way of sucking you into buying more accesiors, after you already pay a forturne for this system. hmmmmmm.