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Originally Posted by Dasun
In my view the best way has already been mentioned:
VHS Player -> Timebase corrector (I use a datavideo DAC 1000) -> DV Capture Box (I use a datavideo DAC 100) -> firewire to the computer and store as type 2 DV files. This will use 13GB per hour and keep on two separate hard drives as these will be your masters. Then use neatvideo to knock out any objectional noise and virtualdub filters to massage colour/contrast to taster. Mpeg2 the lot at a minimum of 6 or 7 Mb/s and DVD author to a quality disk. I bet the end result will look better than the original.
One thing I discovered...real old VHS decks seem to have had wider head gaps and playing there tapes on modern machines (particularly SVHS decks) results in a good deal more visual noise - hence neatvideo is a god send.
Attached is a raw DV screen grab from a Porta-pak recording made in 1984. For a quarter century old VHS recording I think this is a good starting point.
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This is why I mentioned an older VHS VCR would be better for the source.. In my opinion I would use either an old Panasonic like this one
http://vintageelectronics.betamaxcol...r9560at01.html
or an old Zenith, like this one..
http://vintageelectronics.betamaxcol...delvr3100.html
assuming they are recorded in Hi-Fi, if not any of these non Hi-Fi VCRS would be great.. These old VCRS are usually floating around the thrifts, so it would not be hard to find one, one will pop up sooner or later..
Datsuns way of doing it seems to be the best way, as far as transferring them to the Computer.. I may have to try that..