He is called AIWA MX 100 here.
Unfortunately, no setting for "Edit" or "Tape Dub"

Yes it is that composite video is noisier, so then you want to use Svideo anyhow if possible since it will have lnoise but better color which is that it separates color chroma information. But also you're going to typically edit out the black part. With lower quality such as VHS you get even worse results, especially from old VCRs and old tapes. I would not want to go to less than 4 head VCR with HiFi-Stereo but home movies in old camcorders are only analog mono in most cases. Some capture software has noise compensation, but I find that does not do much to clean it up any. A new VCR that is not worn out is probably a better idea. Laser LD discs despite being digital, in older players, are still downconverted to Analog and so the processing results in both sync lines and noise. As technology got better so did the types of outputs, SCART for example is what was used up until totally digital HDMI came along. It is odd that even the most modern TV sets still have RGB SCART rca sockets, to attach your older LD players. Nothing made in the last century does not typically have HDMI which even in 720P is way ahead.

Years ago this thread convinced me to buy the RCA DRC8335. Now that I'm using the Panasonic LQ-MD800P, just wanted to add my Video Essentials test pattern :)

Pioneer CLD-97 > Panasonic LQ-MD800P (Composite In) > Panny DMR-E55 (S-Video IN for Line-In NR) > Capture Devices

http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/atta...1&d=1612730870

Adding that RCA VCR in the mix made things worse in the original post from years ago, All the details lost, there was barely any chroma left, It might have better comb filter than both the LD and the dazzle but not good enough for archiving.