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VHS TRANSFER

famfilms
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Jan 5, 2006, 4:36 PM

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I want the ability for our business to do good, high quality VHS tranfer to DV. I have the Maxtrox extension thing to plug it into, but I lack a really good VCR Recorder. Do I have to get a really good high quality VCR to do the transfer or can I use just a consumer VCR. Anybody have any suggestions?

videobear
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Jan 5, 2006, 5:27 PM

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Any good consumer VCR will do, at least to start. Look for one that says "stereo hi fi", since that will cover all the possible audio bases of the VHS format.

An editing VCR with a flying erase head and a built-in time base corrector can output a slightly better signal. Also, these will have s-video connections, and may send the output over s-video rather than composite, another plus.

A professional player will have much bigger heads than a consumer model. What this means is that it can read video that was recorded by machines that are so badly out of alignment that another consumer VCR can't read their tapes.

Regards,
Doug Graham
Panda Productions