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Vcr With Tbc. Panasonic NVV8000 SVHS Videorecorder HIGH END TBC VHS Recorder & VHS Keep in mind even though a VCR with a built in time base corrector is a good thing, this is what's known as a line TBC and it is still a good idea to add an external frame TBC for best results Though not important, the 7000 series has 2mb TBC memory.
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A frame TBC supposed to be transparent, it has no bearing on the visual quality, But if you have a problematic tape or a low end VCR that causes frame sync issues to the capture card and/or the capture software, an external frame TBC helps them by providing them with a clean frame timing (a.k.a VBI, Vertical Blanking Intervals). Although this topic will be more thoroughly covered in the video restoration guides for posts in the video restore/filter forum, here is a quick peak at what a S-VHS VCRs and TBCs can do to help improve your video
Philips VR1600 PAL VHS VCR with TBC and SVHS Output VR1600 4689555025
The following images are of a JVC HR-S9800U and DataVideo TBC-1000 in action. VCR > TBC > capture card And ideally not just any random VCR or TBC, but JVC/Panasonic S-VHS VCR with line TBC > DataVideo/Cypress type frame TBC > known-quality capture card There's two main reason to get a prosumer/professional JVC S-VHS VCR: the TBC, and the image "picture mode" filters (Auto/Norm/Soft/Sharp), which drastically improve the quality of VHS tapes
JVC HRS9911U Super VHS Video Tape Recorder VCR with TBC RESTOREDSEE. The following images are of a JVC HR-S9800U and DataVideo TBC-1000 in action. Expect to spend $500-1,500 on the VCR and $3,000 on the TBC
TBC1000 Time Base Corrector Repair Guide. There's two main reason to get a prosumer/professional JVC S-VHS VCR: the TBC, and the image "picture mode" filters (Auto/Norm/Soft/Sharp), which drastically improve the quality of VHS tapes VCR > TBC > capture card And ideally not just any random VCR or TBC, but JVC/Panasonic S-VHS VCR with line TBC > DataVideo/Cypress type frame TBC > known-quality capture card