No, it does not.
These units are based on the latter generation weaker "blue box" TBCs designed specifically for studio sources (mostly BetacamSP), in a mixed-source analog+digital workflow. B-roll broadcast tapes, live DV or DigiBeta camera mixing.
Not consumer videotape formats like VHS and Hi8.
Some tapes will surely work, mostly pristine SP master copies from S-VHS cameras and VCRs. But any standard dirty signal issues from average tapes will make it choke.
The SE-500/800 have nothing in common with TBC-1000/3000/etc.
Remember that "TBC" is a wide term, and what matters with consumer videotapes is that you get a TBC design for videotapes. (But also not one based on flawed chipsets.)
I know what you're doing. You're desperately looking for cheaper alternatives. You're at least 5 years behind me. I already ran down every possible alternative that I could find. The "blue box" DataVideos were some of the first items I tried, low-hanging fruit in the video gear garden.
At best, you can put the ES10/15 in front of "blue box" DataVideos, which then creates a true TBC(ish) combo. The Es10/15 alone has a high fail rate, too many errors pass, and the line TBC is both strong+crippled. The weaker frame TBC of the "blue box" SE/DVK/5000 works good when the signal is pre-processed with the ES10/15 (the JVC S-VHS line TBC is hit-or-miss), and the ES10/15 has rough edges removed by the DataVideo. Of course, you get the ES10/15 downsides, and the "blue box" units have slight downsides as well.
The ideal choice is an actual TBC designed for videotapes.
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