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Thread: Is S-video going to help for recording VHS to DVD? |
    
New member Username: Smcc1986
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Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 01:21 am: |
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I have lots of VHS tapes to convert to DVD (tape age ranging from 3 to 20 years). From the threads in this forum, I think I got the connection down, only question is will playing back using a VCR with S-video output make the quality better. Is there a visible difference, I got different answers from different sales people in Best Buy, Circuit City and Fry's.
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Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2830
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 01:53 pm: |
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With the poor quality of VHS, I doubt you'll see a significant difference unless you get a VCR with a built in TBC, $600 new, $150-250 on ebay. |
New member Username: Smcc1986
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 08:15 pm: |
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David, thanks for the answer. What is a TBC and what does it do? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 08:37 pm: |
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Time base corrector, basically it fixes synchronization problems in analog recordings. |
New member Username: Smcc1986
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 09:14 pm: |
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Thank you for your response.
I bought a RCA 6 head VCR/DVD combo to connect to a new JVC S-VHS VCR to take advantage of the S-video playback output. So I should be returning these machines and get a VCR with TBC and S-video and a new DVD recorder, right?
Thanks so much! |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2838
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 10:47 pm: |
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Those VCRs with a built in TBC are $600, around $200 on ebay. Unless you've got a lot of tapes, or are having problems with the tapes, I don't know if it's worth it. You can buy seperate TBCs, I don't know how much they cost, I've seen them on ebay. |
New member Username: Smcc1986
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Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 02:30 am: |
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Sorry, one more question.
Will I get better playback picture and take care of Macrovision at the same time if I use a Panasonic AG-1980 as the playback deck? From other poats, it sould be a S-VHS with built-in TBC) I am using a JVC 3902 as playback now.
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