Japanese Panasonic NV-SB/SX series for digitizing?

[Jefix]

Hi! I need to digitize some Japanese tapes. For that I decided to buy a Japanese player (shipping from Japan is cheapest for me).
I've been trying to find JVC players, but there aren't many on sale. But I found some Panasonic models which seem to be good:
NV-SX5xx
NV-SB6xx.
NV-SB7xx

These players have a TBC and a 3D comb filter.
Does anyone know how good these players are?

[Eric-Jan]

The mentioned model numbers are Panasonic camcorder ones ?

Using a (Japanees) Panasonic vcr/recorder model that has the VHS refresh feature, and a good pro-sumer converter that can be set to the NTSC IRE 0 (NTSC-J) setting would be nice.
Using SDI/HDMI recorder, or input SDI/HDMI PCI card to store it in file format

[Jefix]

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Originally Posted by Eric-Jan

The mentioned model numbers are Panasonic camcorder ones ?

No, these are not camcorders. Panasonic has many models of s-vhs players from the late nineties. For example nv-sx505, nv-sb606, nv-sb707, nv-sx550...
I couldn't find any information on these devices other than the specs on the panasonic website.

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Originally Posted by Eric-Jan

VHS refresh feature

What is it?

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Originally Posted by Eric-Jan

and a good pro-sumer converter that can be set to the NTSC IRE 0 (NTSC-J) setting would be nice.

I have a good AJA capture card. It can record NTSC-J.

[Jefix]

Bought the NV-SB660 for $30 at a yahoo auction. I will post sample videos when I get it to evaluate the image quality.

[Hushpower]

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What is it?

VCR Refresh or "Diga" (down the page a bit):

https://web.archive.org/web/20060411...e_quality.html