Any recent VHS VCRs play Dolby NR Linear Stereo tapes?
I was having a chat with a friend of mine about video tapes (he is the same guy with the Betamax machine I might borrow). He said he had quite a few tapes he recorded on a pre-Hifi VHS VCR with Dolby SR Linear Stereo. Of course that VCR died and now he has a whole bunch of tapes that only play back in mono. Any VCRs made in the 90s that can play this format? I know the professional JVC/Panasonic editing VTRs can handle two linear audio tracks, but I don't know if its the same recording standard as the old Dolby SR system. I am going to try and grab one of his tapes and see if my JVC can play them back in stereo... its worth a shot.
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Are you referring to Dolby B noise reduction found on certain VCRs?
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I'm also under the understanding that this applies to mono, not just the HiFi/stereo tracks. (It's been years, however, since I had anything to do with Dolby NR, so I may not be remembering correctly on this mono/stereo issue.) |
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btw, its amazing how many companies re-branded Panasonic VCRs in the early to mid 80s. We had a GE branded Panasonic unit (with wired remote!) from 1984ish that was a tank, it finally died in 1998. Then again, almost all 1980s GE consumer electronics were re-branded Panasonic/Technics until Thompson bought the name and turned them to crap. |
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