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Post by garygraham on Jul 18, 2019 18:43:00 GMT
I've not tried using a DVD recorder for this purpose, but, according to the experts who've tested all sorts, the only two DVD recorders which can have a substantial repairing effect on a VHS signal are the Panasonics DMR-ES10 and DMR-ES15. Does this mean it's worth trying simply recording to one of these as an uncomplicated way to digitise the videos? Other recorders have much weaker TBC-type effects, if any, apparently. Anyone who copied VHS to VHS in the days of tapes knows how the stability of the picture deteriorated. I assume because the sync pulses were degraded by copying too. And if you shot video to edit you knew not to leave sections of blank tape because the edit machines couldn't roll back over it to perform the edits (there was no sync track). With these DVD recorders and USB dongles even a section of blank VHS tape transferred is rock solid despite there being no sync pulses recorded on it at all. So the equipment is obviously providing a solid sync track in some way. When I used to view VHS that I shot nearly 40 years ago there would be wobbles on vertical lines even on the master recordings. I don't see that now. So just fixing the stability of the picture is a huge transformation on VHS. Whether the DVD recorders do some subtle noise reduction and smoothing of the colour it's hard to tell because that sort of thing is part of the MPEG2 encoding process too.
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Post by garygraham on Jul 18, 2019 18:43:30 GMT
The quality of the responses here has been phenomenal 👍 Having considered, and discussed, things I wonder if anyone with the appropriate knowledge/equipment is near to, or convenient for, Woking? The museum in question is the Hockey Museum www.hockeymuseum.net/ which is just across the road from Woking Station - less than half an hour from Waterloo. What’s needed is to get the VHS tapes digitised and onto the museum’s server, which is triple backed up. At present we can’t take Blu-Ray so it’s DVD or FTP. Any travelling, etc expenses can be covered. Anybody willing to help give a future to hockey’s past? Unfortunately I'm a long distance away.
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Post by John Wall on Jul 19, 2019 14:20:19 GMT
The quality of the responses here has been phenomenal 👍 Having considered, and discussed, things I wonder if anyone with the appropriate knowledge/equipment is near to, or convenient for, Woking? The museum in question is the Hockey Museum www.hockeymuseum.net/ which is just across the road from Woking Station - less than half an hour from Waterloo. What’s needed is to get the VHS tapes digitised and onto the museum’s server, which is triple backed up. At present we can’t take Blu-Ray so it’s DVD or FTP. Any travelling, etc expenses can be covered. Anybody willing to help give a future to hockey’s past? Unfortunately I'm a long distance away. Thanks anyway 👍
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Post by richardwoods on Jul 20, 2019 8:22:15 GMT
Apologies from me as well John, I’m in West Wales I’m afraid.
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Post by Colin Anderton on Jul 20, 2019 8:32:14 GMT
I don't think they're easily available now, but I use an ACE Advanced Digital Converter Video Enhancer. If you can get hold of one, they are absolutely brilliant! Nothing upsets it's stability - not even white snow. It allows excellent copies of tapes.
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Post by John Wall on Jul 20, 2019 9:07:37 GMT
Apologies from me as well John, I’m in West Wales I’m afraid. Great place to be 👍
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Post by richardwoods on Jul 20, 2019 11:54:50 GMT
Thanks, we love the place & count ourselves very lucky to live here, just sorry I’m not more convenient for the transfer work. Hopefully someone more local will step forward to help soon.
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