Panasonic NV-SJ220 VCR - good budget option?
Hello, first post :o
I'm looking to buy a reasonable quality VCR to transfer a few VHS tapes (about 20-30 I guess) on to a mac. I've looked at the VCR Buying Guide thread and been watching out for some of the recommended models on eBay, but if they ever do come up they're usually very expensive (to me at least). I guess my budget is probably £25 (GBP) delivered, but ideally around £15. I've been offered a Panasonic NV-SJ220 for a good price. As far as I can tell it's not genuine SVHS but quasi. I can find very little about how good it is, so any help on that or other recommendations at this price appreciated. Maybe I should think about spending more for a better one, but keep in mind that if I sell it afterwards I should get a decent percentage of the outlay back? Thanks |
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Suggested VCRs are good because of the features found on the VCR -- it has nothing to do with S-VHS playback. In fact, most people using these high quality S-VHS VCRs (including myself) will primarily be using them for the playback of VHS tapes made on consumer VHS equipment (or even commercial VHS releases, for personal conversion work). Quote:
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The DigitalFAQ marketplace forum, eBay, and Craiglists are the usual suggestions for buying/selling VCRs. For PAL units, here's an eBay tip: check both eBay.co.uk (UK) and eBay.de (Germany). You'll sometimes find more German sellers with JVC S-VHS VCRs being sold than UK. All PAL S-VHS JVC VCRs are made in Germany from what I've seen, as it applies to the suggested models. PAL is PAL, more or less. Some German sellers are stubborn, and won't ship outside Germany (stupid, as far as I'm concerned), but others are not so tunnel-visioned and understand we live in a world market. |
Thanks for the detailed response.
Sounds like I need to either stump up for a better machine or make do with the lower quality. :o I'll take a look at ebay.de - I thought searching worldwide would include all on ebay.de too but a quick test says not. Back to the buying guide then. One question, I assume the trailing characters in the JVC model numbers are region codes - U or US for USA and E or EK for Europe? So JVC HR-7500EK (which isn't on the list) would just be the European (and PAL) equivalent of the HR-7500U? I also found a couple not on the list which were recommended by lordsmurf in a post from a few years ago: Quote:
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The 7500 NTSC model is more limited than the 7600 and later models. See discussion here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...jvc-s7500.html
And then the PAL 7500 is not the same as the NTSC 7500. This is one of the few "shared number" models that is different between video systems. The PAL versions lacks a TBC, thereby making it an undesirable unit for this sort of work. Compared 7500 models here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...nuals-jvc.html JVC HR-S7955EK and JVC HR-S8955EK -- those are essentially identical to the 7965/8965 listed on the guide. That section is due for an expansion. Research is done, just not yet published with the rest of the list. Quote:
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Thanks for all the info. I'll stick closely to the model numbers listed then. Quite a minefield!
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Those are here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...s-service.html I'm sitting on quite a few JVC VCR S-VHS manuals right now, and plan to post those sometime this month. I have manuals for dozens and dozens of models. It's going to make quite a nice addition to this site. Quote:
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