The first decode. No TBC applied, obviously, but just good enough to see that the hardware is working.
http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/140857
Yep, looks horrible. So why is this big news? It means I can finally access the raw signal, in real-time with hardware. I'm using an ARM-based embedded 32bit cpu. It can be programmed in C to decode the video. The sample rate can go up to 144MS/s, way more than enough for HD video. I can also input s-video. However I'm having some bandwidth problems.
For now I can do a type of hardware assisted software TBC, meaning that I can record/embed the sync information so that a software decoder can use it to resize.
I'd like to try raw decoding the VHS direct from the video heads; first I need a good video amplifier, but it can be easily decoded.