Anyone suggest a VHS deck? at DVinfo.net

Aaron Koolen · May 4th, 2003, 11:41 PM

Hi guys. I'll be on the look out for a VHS deck soon and would like to hear people's opinions on what I should get and what things should I look out for?

Is manual audio control necessary?
Is S-VHS necessary? (Most people don't have that anyway so I assume it's not, or is having SVHS in at least a good thing even if going to VHS)

I take it I'd need HiFi at the least?

I'll be using it to dub off footage and videos that I've made for people and want pretty good quality. I won't be doing bulk work so I guess it doesn't have to be an industrial quality one.

Cheers
Aaron

Frank Granovski · May 5th, 2003, 12:27 AM

A lot of people that shoot use a SVHS VCR as a master. Then make VHS copies from that. Regarding which VCR? I don't know. Most of them are built cheap these days. What I do is find and buy old ones that are built like tanks. If they're broken, I get an estimate for repair and then go from there.

Aaron Koolen · May 5th, 2003, 01:22 AM

Thanks Frank. I myself was thinking of using DVD as a master and then going from there. Would have thought that was better quality, no? I guess it would be a bit more expensive.

Cheers
Aaron

Frank Granovski · May 5th, 2003, 02:32 AM

I don't know about that. Although DVD is 480 lines, and SVHS is only 400 lines, I don't know how DVD to VHS footage would compare with SVHS to VHS. Isn't DVD highly compressed? I'll have to let someone else jump in who has more knowledge about this.

May 4th, 2003, 11:41 PM	#1
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	Anyone suggest a VHS deck? Hi guys. I'll be on the look out for a VHS deck soon and would like to hear people's opinions on what I should get and what things should I look out for? Is manual audio control necessary? Is S-VHS necessary? (Most people don't have that anyway so I assume it's not, or is having SVHS in at least a good thing even if going to VHS) I take it I'd need HiFi at the least? I'll be using it to dub off footage and videos that I've made for people and want pretty good quality. I won't be doing bulk work so I guess it doesn't have to be an industrial quality one. Cheers Aaron

May 5th, 2003, 12:27 AM	#2
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	A lot of people that shoot use a SVHS VCR as a master. Then make VHS copies from that. Regarding which VCR? I don't know. Most of them are built cheap these days. What I do is find and buy old ones that are built like tanks. If they're broken, I get an estimate for repair and then go from there.

May 5th, 2003, 01:22 AM	#3
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	Thanks Frank. I myself was thinking of using DVD as a master and then going from there. Would have thought that was better quality, no? I guess it would be a bit more expensive. Cheers Aaron

May 5th, 2003, 02:32 AM	#4
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	I don't know about that. Although DVD is 480 lines, and SVHS is only 400 lines, I don't know how DVD to VHS footage would compare with SVHS to VHS. Isn't DVD highly compressed? I'll have to let someone else jump in who has more knowledge about this.