Hello!
I recently found this site and I've been reading through some of the TBC faq. I'm currently in the process of converting some old CEDs I have to digital format. To do this I've been using a CED player that has composite output (as good as it gets on these machines - way better than RF modulated output on most).
The output signal is running through a Videonics MX-1 to provide full frame TBC. The output looks rock solid, however I've noticed some artifacts that are present only in the time base corrected output. Namely some fuzz/noise on the border of objects. I'm wondering if this is inherent in all TBCs or if there is a way to improve it?
I noticed that Datavideo TBC-100 and TBC-1000 are recommended as well as the AVToolbox AVT-8710. This got me wondering if the issue could just be the TBC. However, if I run relatively good video from my SVHS player into the MX-1 it doesn't exhibit the same kind of artifacts.
Example:
Would a different TBC eliminate the noise on the edge of the face? The noise is not present if captured directly from the CED player, but the flagging is unreal.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!