Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/12/16 11:53

"Doc" wrote ...
> I'm looking to capture a VHS tape of an old (70's) concert that's
> probably a
> 3rd or 4th generation copy and likely from a less than pristine
> source.
>
> I notice one of my VCR's - a newer, though certainly not top of the
> line
> 4-head unit - handles it better than another older, though more
> expensive
> 2-head unit. The first unit clearly handles tracking better, with less
> prominent dropouts and less overall "glitchiness" in the picture and
> sound.
>
> So, I'm looking for suggestions of particular consumer level
> brands/models/lines I should look for that you feel did a better job
> than
> most of playing shaky video for subsequent cleanup. Even if it's a "so
> and
> so made this one model in '92 that they only made for a year and
> there's
> never been another one like it" kind of thing.

Good luck. Even if there were such a thing, your chances
of finding one in working order seem astronomical.

> Also, as a matter of curiosity, how would a pro restoration shop do
> it? I'm
> guessing as always seems to be the case, there's some mega-bucks unit
> that
> simply does things consumer units don't.

Time-Base Correction ("TBC")
Video Processing Amplifier ("Proc-Amp")

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