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Originally Posted by MarioGuy789
(Post 75795)
So standard copy paper,
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Yes.
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not cloths, swabs, tissue paper, or anything else, correct? Are glasses/screen cleaning cloths also not good?
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No, never. :no2:
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I'll have to open up my machine carefully because sometimes during play there's a bit of a squeaking sound and I'm not sure what that's about.
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BTW, never clean while machine is plugged in. After cleaning, don't touch for at least 10 minutes so dries fully. (I know, alcohol dries quickly, but not fully 100%.)
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I guess the loading mechanism is slow for some reason
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Motor is aging, common issue in some JVCs. Spare parts not available, so the "fix" is a donor deck for parts. Sometimes people gut bad decks, put those parts on eBay, but not often.
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Originally Posted by MarioGuy789
(Post 75831)
1. I've seen a couple of users state that capturing analog signals for digital transfer is ultimately inferior than just using digital, such as FireWire in my case, because all imperfections are preserved in analog.
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Some users are also idiots. It is true that any problems (major or minor) are "baked in" once captured. Hence the reason to use good VCRs with line TBCs, external frame TBCs, sometimes even proc amps and detailers. Then you capture it.
"Firewire" refers to DV transfer, and is an inferior 1990s capture method using DV in a way that was never intended. It's a hack, and a not-good one at that. This was mostly done by Canopus, and they often sold those devices with fearmongers and BS.
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I want to know, for the sake of saving me money at this point, if VCRs with HDMI out
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No, not HDMI.
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as I can't get any more quality out of an image than was already there.
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Max quality will come from a JVC S-VHS (with line TBC), a frame TBC is then almost always required (line in not frame), to a good s-video capture card using lossless codecs. (Next best is high end MPEG capturing, which some DVHS decks may be able to do. That depends on factors.)
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2. My new VCR has digital audio out, however, I have no way of actually capturing that, as most capture cards don't support optical cables or coaxial digital,
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Worthless feature, ignore.
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If I were capturing, say, my LaserDisc collection, should I get a player that has optical/digital out over the one I have currently which doesn't?
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No. LD capture is art of its own, different from VHS capture. For it, composite can be more ideal, but it really depends on the players.
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3. On the subject of LaserDiscs, the way I capture them is by running the S-Video and composite audio out into an upscaler, and then across HDMI into my PC's capture card
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That won't look good at all. Wrong capture method for LD.
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The upscaler is more meant for game consoles than recorded media, it's a Retrotink 2x Pro, though I'm not sure if this is beyond the scope of this forum.
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Video games are not LD and VHS. The processing of "gamer" products is wrong, often harmful.
