Wow, Xfinity still has at least 1 iGuide (and SD only) box in the wild. This looks like the Harrisburg, PA area. Don't know why WGAL is on channel 3 instead of 8.
That is Macrovision level 2. I have never seen it before now. I have only come across Macrovision level 1 in my time of copying VHS tapes. Both can be defeated by using a color stabilizer or color stabilization device.
There may have been some inspiration here from the film Ghost World which came out one year prior and featured the same scenario (albeit with teenage girls instead of adult women), contacting the poster of a cheesy personal ad as a joke.
drive.google.com/file/d/1LFr_eG-LjQug_XG7mzUgfQb-nMQofySM/view?usp=sharing ive decided to upload the full VHS recording of the DVD onto google drive for yall. enjoy!