RMS8, I've copied/pasted this from the other thread: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...69.html?t=2069
Two Robs/Roberts within moments of one another. Easy mistake. This is a Q&A from your apparent pre-forum email...
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I was surfing the web trying to see methods to restore/enhance VHS tape.
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Good, glad you found me and this site. Tell others about it.
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Like so many others, I have several home VHS tapes of my family from decades ago. The image quality is starting to deteriorate to some degree. By that I mean the image is starting to get "soft".
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Softness is often a VCR issue, combined with modern HD displays for TV and computer both. The video didn't "get soft". It just doesn't really degrade in that manner.
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Are there ways to enhance the image when trying to archive the video to digital on a PC ?
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Yep. The most important part is hardware filtering, in the VCR, and between the VCR and the capture device. By the time it gets to a digital file version, many corrections are impossible, or at least very difficult to fix. Few errors require software, but many errors require hardware to do a good job.
From the PM, it appears you already know some of this, based on devices you're looking to buy or already have.