I am looking to get a DVD/VHS player, what is a good DVD/VHS player? Is there any that you can record from DVD to VHS without copy protection messing up the VHS picture?

Moving to Hardware.

Well, since Macrovision is designed to keep people from doing exactly what you described, you probably won't find one you can pick up right off the shelf at Best Buy. There are a few no-name DVD-only brands that Macrovision can be disabled on (I have a couple of Daewoo 3000's for this), but I've never heard of a combo player with it off.