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Originally Posted by SoCalBoy
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That model, yes.
That unit, no.
Did you read the description? "The unit up and decided to stop reading discs. Being sold for repair." It's broken. It likely has a "000000" error, or just bad caps. The odds are very high that the person is a smoker, as cigarettes screw up electronics (especially optical electronics, of which a DVD recorder is).
Again, a complete and non-junk unit will run about $125. If you try to cheap out on it, you're going to get screwed over. You need ask lots of questions, verify it works perfectly, and was not owned by H.R. Pufnstuf.
In fact, did you read and fully understand my last reply? The ES10/15 may correct errors, or may not. It really depends on the tape.
The ES10/15 alone are weak TBC(ish), it takes the DVK or TBC-5000 to shore up weaknesses, and only then is it a 99% TBC(ish). The ES10/15 has drawbacks, posterization, but if you don't care about quality, you probably won't notice.
You're essentially walking into a Subway with $1.50 and asking for food. You don't have many choices, maybe a bag of chips and cup of water. You can't even buy a good sandwich. You'll leave less hungry, not parched, but that's about it. (An EZcap would be like digging a leftover half-eaten sandwich out of the trashcan.)