[MacDV] OT - VCR for VHS capture recommendations

[Nick Scalise]

On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> On Mar 13, 2005, at 11:59 AM, James Asherman wrote:
>
>> On Mar 13, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Donna Bowers wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 12, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would any of these units take care of the video dropping out every 
>>>>> 10 seconds?
>>>
>>> sounds like copy protection to me...
>>
>> Actually yes, especially if by dropout you would mean a darkening 
>> pulsation.
>> Didn't mention if these were commercial tapes.
>> A DS 850 w/ TBC  would cut right through that.
>
> Well, I just tried it with the VCR hooked directly to a TV and most of 
> the video malfunction is still there.
>
> It's almost as if one section of the reel in the cassette tape was 
> damaged and now it is showing up on the screen every time that bit of 
> tape passes over the heads.
>
> I will try to disable the Macrovision on the ADVC-100 and see if that 
> helps.

Turns out my older JVC VCR doesn't like some tapes. I bought a new JVC 
HR-S2902U and the tapes play/capture fine.

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Nick Scalise
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