Originally Posted by lordsmurf (Post 32655)

You seem to have a TBC-1000 that softens. Understand that not all of them do -- most TBC-1000s are fine.

None of our TBC-100's have that symptom. The TBC-100 is the heart of every TBC-1000. The TBC is married to a VP-299 distribution amp. Your TBC may actually be fine. Some VP-299s are the cause of the softening, which you can bypass. Instructions for bypass are elsewhere in this forum.

When it come to color correction, I use my eyes. Meters always lie.

Herringbone is almost inherent to coax. There's just too much signal crammed together to not get noise.

I don't see an IRE error. I'd need to see more footage. What I see is a minimally noisy VHS capture from a retail tape.