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Forum: Video Hardware Repair 03-18-2017, 04:33 PM
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Posted By sanlyn
You mean those head-cleaning tapes that rub...

You mean those head-cleaning tapes that rub against your video heads, smear oily "cleaner" and tape residue all over your video/audio heads and all the moving parts so that another tape can just move...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 03-06-2017, 04:51 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By lordsmurf
It's really fun when you have a totally fubar...

It's really fun when you have a totally fubar tape to test hardware. :)

... and that's about all it's good for. The tape is signal-damaged, probably physically damaged, and the recording quality...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 03-06-2017, 04:48 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By lordsmurf
We had a Panasonic like that -- and it was...

We had a Panasonic like that -- and it was silver. It did everything you mention. Not a fan. Circa 1986/87, and it died around '93. The recording quality sucked, and the lack of a clock-based timer...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-28-2017, 07:04 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By dpalomaki
Thanks for the old thread. FWIW: The control...

Thanks for the old thread.

FWIW: The control track is recorded along the "top" edge of the tape, and the linear audio along the "bottom" edge.

To me it looks like the control track is being...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-25-2017, 12:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By dpalomaki
A thought: If the tapes recorded on it do not...

A thought: If the tapes recorded on it do not play reasonably on any other machine, but do load OK, you might have to find the specific machine that recorded them (not a sister unit) because it may...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-22-2017, 11:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By Winsordawson
Have you looked here: ...

Have you looked here:
http://vintageelectronics.betamaxcollectors.com/vintagevhsformatgallery.html
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-13-2017, 04:32 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By lordsmurf
I need more details. - Is that supposed to...

I need more details.

- Is that supposed to be a player?
- If so, what format(s)? Only VHS? That looks like a combo deck.
- Any idea on what decade it was from? 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s?
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-13-2017, 12:24 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,744
Posted By Roquefort
I can't help you, but you may have some luck...

I can't help you, but you may have some luck posting over at reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/). 250k people over there who just like identifying things for...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-25-2016, 05:29 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By NJRoadfan
Was the tape recorded on multiple times? The...

Was the tape recorded on multiple times? The beginning segment with the tape playing too fast is common when you do a new SP recording on top of an old EP recording. Basically, the first couple of...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-25-2016, 01:44 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By latreche34
From looking at the different segments of VCR's...

From looking at the different segments of VCR's playback I can tell the tape is at fault, Although some VCR's such as AG-1980 and the Sanyo played it better but the sections where the sound speeds up...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-23-2016, 08:32 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By latreche34
Your link is corrupted.

Your link is corrupted.
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-20-2016, 11:45 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By sanlyn
The SR-V101US has a line-level tbc. The AVT-8710...

The SR-V101US has a line-level tbc. The AVT-8710 is a frame timing sync tbc.

Most pro and prosumer VCRs have line-level tbc's. Most under-$1000 external tbc's are frame-level tbc's. That's a...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-19-2016, 12:33 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By sanlyn
Thanks for the details. :wink2: A skewed...

Thanks for the details. :wink2:

A skewed image and frame hopping are definite signs of scanline sync errors, for which you need a line-level tbc -- not to mention a tape player that doesn't have...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-19-2016, 10:44 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,639
Posted By sanlyn
Did YouTube do that to your video? I ask because...

Did YouTube do that to your video? I ask because we have no idea what an original looks like after UTube gets through with it. Meanwhile we have no info about how the tape was played or captured.
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