Posted by Steve on 08/28/05 19:31

"Commander" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in
news:6JlQe.91$v83.34@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com:

> hello all.
>
> i have read a little bit about this item and wanted some feedback. i
> have a very large chunk of old vhs tapes that i want to convert to
> dvd. many of them have some tracking issues making the pictures jitter
> a fair amount up and down (can only do so much with the manual
> tracking). i can usually get the picture pretty good but occasional
> twitches still occur.
>
> i've read about "tcb"s and know they can repair jitter issues (not
> sure what they can do for tracking issues. the ct-200 claims to be a
> stabilizer. is it also considered a tcb?
>
> thanks!
>
>
>

Hi Commander,

I bought the Sima CT-200 about 6 months ago for the exact same reason that
you want it. Unfortunately it's pretty useless at correcting jitter or
tracking issues. It basically "enhances" by darkening or lightening the
image, or converting it to true "black and white."

It does effectively eliminate copy protection, allowing you to convert
commercial "copy protected" VHS tapes to DVD, but that's another matter
entirely.

If anyone does have any information regarding anything that helps correct
jitter or tracking problems I'd be very interested to hear about it.

Steve.

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