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Posted by Mark Smith on 10/09/25 11:32
Hello Paul,
What you might find invaluable when copying your old VHS stuff is the
ACE video converter from GTH Electronics. This is a British designed
and built piece of kit that solves many of the problems encountered
when copying from VHS to DVD - or even from DVD to DVD.
http://www.gthelectronics.com/featurec.htm
Last year I did a lot of research on the right equipment to buy and
you can take if from me that even today there is nothing to beat the
ACE converter anywhere at this price point. Apart from the many tweaks
available onboard to enhance old material, the ACE has a very
interesting (though for obvious reasons not widely-touted) feature
insofar as it allows you to make backup copies of your rare commercial
tapes/disks by stripping out the copy protection features on those
titles.
I advise you to call GTH Electronics where the staff will be pleased
to discuss your particular requirements and answer any further
technical questions. Yes. Unlike a lot of companies today, this lot
actually KNOW what they're talking about. Believe me. They do. I have
no hesitation in recommending them.
Good luck.
Marky
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:46:54 -0000, "Paul"
<paul02@katpawmynuts.f9.co.uk> wrote:
>I have a Panasonic DMR E65 DVD recorder. I am currently in the process of
>copying a lot of old VHS stuff onto DVD-RAM. (I am using DVD-RAM so I can
>easily edit the footage via the DVD recorder menus - DVD-R doesn't afford
>this facility).
>
>That aside, some of the original VHS stuff is of quite poor quality. I am
>copying using a scart to phono lead - out from the scart on the video, and
>into the phono inputs on the DVD recorder (ie white/red audio, yellow
>video).
>
>When playing back the recorded footage, the image is often 'blocky', and it
>pauses for a second and then picks up again. Basically it's unwatchable.
>
>The query is, are there ways around this? Will a top-of-the-range cable do
>the trick?
>Should I use scart to l/r audio and a SVHS connector?
>
>Or are there any other suggestions?
>
>Many Thanks
>Paul, Wakefield
>
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