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With a forum dedicated to achieving the highest quality of video from a VCR using a capture device, it may come up as weird that someone would want to intentionally degrade the video signal
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Not really.
In order to do a good job of degrading, you need to understand the fundamentals of what causes noise. While most here will want to use that knowledge to correct the video, I see no reason why an artistic project using the same basic knowledge is any less valid.
I've simulated errors before, to illustrate issues. Same concept.
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Upon using this equipment I was able to produce this (see attachment: Local on the 58)
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That looks terrible. Congrats.
And yet, I've seen similar nth gen tapes for decades. Unwatchable, cannot be restored.
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And as you might notice it drops in frame rate most of the time which is something I do not want
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Strong frame TBC required, DataVideo suggested.
Frame sync TBCs correct the signal, not the visuals. What you're seeing is not something a TBC will fix. In fact, a TBC can make awful nth gen timing errors worse. Frame TBCs allow snow to be recorded with no dropped frames.
Certain errors cause skew and line loss on the first image lines of the image. TBCs sometimes rebuild those well enough that the mild jitter goes away. Line TBCs usually make those worse, get confused. Tearing is a pervasive error that can be fixed with field TBCs, or a strong line like ES10/15 (which is also crippled).
I think a true frame TBC will correct what you want, and NOT correct what you don't want.
I wish TBCs did more, and you want them to do less. Ironic. But we both know the limitations of the device, and use it as needed for our projects, different/opposite as they may be.
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Sony SLV-N81 VCR (recording and playback)
Sony SLV-775HF VCR (playing for purposes of copying)
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There are worse VCRs, if he truly wants a crappy output.
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Sony T120 Premium Grade High Durability tape (even number generations)
TDK Premium Quality HS Tape (odd number generations)
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Every time you reuse a tape, the signal is damaged. Flying erase heads make it less so, but still bad.
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Canopus ADVC110 (digital to analog transfer)
Dazzle DVC100 (HU3194, analog to digital transfer)
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This has nothing to do with analog. It's a digital loss, Both are really crappy devices. The Dazzle has values, contrast, exposure, sharpness issues. The DV box ruins the color quality, with a loss of 50%. Much of his "loss" jas nothing to do with the tape, and everything to do with these cards.