@lordSmurf
Cheers on the Hybrid link. I'll get to work on getting my head around that!
I had seen an earlier comment by you (many years earlier!) on the ES10 and was aware that it's not great. I'm just not able (financially) to get a good TBC at the minute, so I had to make do with what I can I get. It's possible to get some of the lower end TBCs for <£100 on
eBay.co.uk (like a For A FA-300P), but it's tough. I'm not especially clear that these lower end TBCs would be much better than the Panasonic ES10 with a VHS source either.
I'm going to have to settle with the ES10 being better than nothing. It should at least help stabilise the input to the non-recommended capture card I'm using (SAA7133HL based card). I am a bit dismayed at what looks like a loss of colour (like you've described point 2) from this test video I found on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_xue8-gGLM
I wasn't aware that there's NR constantly on either, I was hoping to get the video as raw as possible to the PC.
With all that said, I want to get this backup project off the ground before those tapes spend another decade in the attic.
I have 0 commerical tapes that I'm aware of that I need to back up, so I'm not worried about copy protection!
Considering my old setup was:
old Sharp VHS VCR -> €8 Composite to HDMI - > HDMI capture
I've certainly improved on the original plan, but I just can't afford to go any further financially with this at present.
It's also worth noting, that no one's actually sure what's on those tapes in the attic! They might be full of junk, or even just all degraded to nothing. I'm waiting until I have a setup before even touching them. So spending more money could be just money lost on
eBay fees...