Hi all--looking at VCRs and came across this clip on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMz_wM5UhUU
The uploader digitized the same scene from a VHS tape of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on both "gold standard" VCRs and then put them together in a split screen to make comparing them easy.
I'm unsure if this is just subjective preference or not, but the AG-1980 looks decisively better to my eyes--I think mainly because it has very minimal "jaggies" around the edges of things--unlike every other VCR I've seen (including the S9900U in the other half of his video). I assume the Panny is doing some sort of smoothing to accomplish that?
For those of you who have used both JVC and the AG-1980/5710, does this match up with your own experience? Or is it something about animation or maybe even just this guy's particular setup/workflow that reveals such a noticeable difference?
I was really hoping to avoid having to track down/repair an AG-1980--there are so many more suitable JVC models available. But if this video accurately depicts the quality of their respective transfers I may need to bite the bullet.
Maybe there is even something in that video that the JVC does better at than the Panny. If so, please point it out--after poring over it about 20 times I still think the JVC looks decidedly inferior.
Any input on this is much appreciated. I know folks here often recommend having both a JVC and the AG-1980 for different scenarios. I may do that eventually, but wanted to know if this video shows a *typical* difference in their output.
Thanks!