Hello everyone,
It's my first post on this forum
I'm Alessandro, an electronic engineering student. I'm very passionate about motorsports and fortunate enough to own a decent number of VHS tapes with motor-related content that I would like to digitize.
Currently, I have this equipment:
VCRs:
1. SABA EV600G
2. Panasonic NV-FJ603
3. Samsung (only for cleaning moldy tapes)
Capture devices:
1. WinTV HV PVR 150
2. WinTV HVR 4000
3. DVD Recorder: Samsung HR 773
Currently, I am digitizing with SABA EV600G + DVD recorder. The points on which I would like to ask for your opinion and eventually receive advices are:
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The colors of the DVD recorder seems to be more "natural" than those of the two capture cards (i've uploaded a comparison), but the bitrate mode is SP or XP (around 4500 for SP and around 9000). In my opinion, a suitable bitrate would be around 6500, as 4500 is a bit low and 9000 is too high.
Are there DVD recorder models that have for good colors (especially red) while allowing custom bitrate settings?
Or do you have any capture card model to suggest?
Note: i'm not using DVDs, i'm recording on the HDD of the DVD recorder and then i copy them on another hard disk via computer.
Also, i'm facing these issues:
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I have a few tapes that "vibrate" (I have attached a few examples) and my question is: a VCR with Time Base Corrector could help reduce this defect?
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I have some tapes recorded in EP that I would like to digitize, but
- SABA enters SLP mode, but the screen remains black.
- Panasonic enters EP mode, but the video is played at a faster speed than normal, and the audio is crackling, with the video full of artifacts.
(I have attached a video of both as well)
So
i would like to buy a VCR to try to fix both issues, I read your list of recommended VCRs and i am leaning towards a
Philips VR1100.
Do you think it's a suitable purchase?
Do you have any general advice?
Thank for your time reading all this
I am very grateful for any response and advice
Alessandro