Wide transparent bars seen throughout my transfers?

[PaulL]

For the first time since the mid 2000's, i've gotten back into transfering VHS onto DVD.

Since my Pioneer DVR-640H DVD recorder (connected to my Panasonic PV-V4520-K VHS deck) still works like it should, I'm using it to record my
VHS transfers.

This time around, I'm transfering movies (ones that never got a digital release of any kind) from retail tapes for reviewing purposes.

The problem i'm having now with those rips that I didn't have before with just regular tapes is that i'm getting 2 wide trasparent bars (vertical and horizontal) crossed together throughout the recording.

I've attached a sample video of it.

Is it the way i've plugged the wires from the DVD recorder/VHS/TV that's causing it? Is it my VHS player showing fatigue? In need of a good cleanup?

Anyone had this problem and found a solution?

Your help is much appreciated.

[dpalomaki]

Are to home recordings have the ghost as well? or is it restricted to commercial tapes?

Looks a bit like a pulse-cross ghost. If this is only on commercial tapes it might be an artifact of copy protection.

What are the details of your connections? Are you using a TBC?

[themaster1]

Looks like a ground loop to me, see here: https://bavc.github.io/avaa/artifacts/ac_beat.html
Solution: powering all devices in the video system using one source of electricity with all outlets serving power with minimal difference in ground potential

[msgohan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpalomaki

Looks a bit like a pulse-cross ghost.

Yeah, we're definitely looking at a moving ghost of horizontal & vertical sync. Not ground loop.

It's like the artifact in this thread, but stable instead of diagonally skewed: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...=1#post2573681

Do you have anything else connected to the VCR or DVD recorder?

[PaulL]

No TBC.


I was hoping it was a ground loop like he described because I had connected the DVD recorder on a seperate wall outlet but the bars
still showed.


In fact, I just noticed it doesn't show when its only the VCR player that's on and the tape plays fine without the bars, it's when I start up the DVD recorder for a recording that the bars show up.


The setup on each devices:


TV = Video 1

VCR = Channel 3

DVD Recorder = Channel 3


I added pictures to show the chords in the back of all 3 devices to see if maybe there's a connection problem there? if you need better pictures lemme know.

[msgohan]

Disconnect all of the RF coaxial cables.

Connect RCA (yellow, white, red) output from VCR to DVD recorder. Connect RCA output from DVD recorder to TV.

[PaulL]

Quote:

Originally Posted by msgohan

Disconnect all of the RF coaxial cables.

Connect RCA (yellow, white, red) output from VCR to DVD recorder. Connect RCA output from DVD recorder to TV.

FIXED!

I can't believe all it took was removing the RF coaxial cables.

For some reason, I thought they were important to plug in when I first set the whole thing up.

msgohan:

Thanks a bunch for the help everyone.