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Panasonic AG-1980 - TGrant purchase (and I assume in top shape for what it cost in February 2018).
JVC HR-S9800U - I believe an eBay purchase but was working fine last I used it.
DataVideo TBC-3000 - purchased from LS.
ATI 600 USB - purchased from LS.
Lenovo T500 laptop running XP with a second internal SATA drive for captures.
The last time I used it I was getting very reliable captures (no dropped frames, stable video) from my mostly (sad) ELP and EP TV show VHS collection from the late 80's and early 90's. My primary interest is short news breaks, commercials, station ID's and to a lesser extent the shows themselves. I've even found a few more tapes at yard sales (can't wait to see what someone else recorded) but will proceed with extreme caution before playing those in the high end machines as I've seen many that were clearly loaded with mold.
For FF/RW of tapes and general content checks I also have a rarely used, bought new by me, low end Sony VHS deck. I figure that should save some wear and tear on the antiques.
I will admit some of the newer software that has all the filters built in with check boxes for the options is tempting (the YouTube video showing Hybrid for example). But if the best way is still Avisynth with scripts for post-capture then I will do my best to re-learn what I never quite mastered 5 years ago and hope to do better this time. Luckily I printed out a number of the best posts so I can quickly locate them again, like this thread!
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