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The VHS VCR I have is terrible. I've been wanting to upgrade for a while now and am thinking about getting an S-VHS machine. My question is, if I hook it up to the S-VHS input on my TV, will the picture quality improve even when I'm viewing regular old VHS rental tapes? I bought an S-VHS adaptor for my old Playstation and was impressed with the difference ... Will I see the same with S-VHS? Please don't advise me to go DVD--I'm going to, but that is another post ...
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Some of the SVHS machines are supposed to, or claim to, improve the picture quality of older or rental standard VHS tapes. If this is true or just marketing hype I don't know. The Toshiba W808 is the machine I'm thinking of.I have a Panasonic PV-PS4820 SVHS and am quite pleased with it so far, no complaints with either standard or SHVS recordings. And it is far, far better than the JVC 3800 I bought and returned. Although, if I could have found the Toshiba W808 locally I would have bought it. I'm not huge fan of mail ordering actual pieces of audio video equipment as I really like dealer support. Most experiences I've had online have been very disappointing, Audio Advisor has been great, though.
I would caution you that compared to DVD S-Video picture quality SVHS will still seem disappointing. The difference is also not as great as Playstaion with Svid, but I think that is because of the source more times than not (games and the graphics vs cable tv). Have you spent much time with the new PSX2, now that has some amazing graphics.
Jeff
... if the original tape is recorded with an S-VHS recorder with the video signal split upon recording. So forget about any improvement to rental tapes by using s-video connection. S-video does not give dramatic improvement over composite. You have to go to component to get stunning results.Rental tapes are mass produced and of inferior quality. I can record better quality direct off air or satellite and do so a lot to time shift.
We have two S-VHS recorders but I rarely bother to use S-VHS tape. It is more expensive and the end result is not necessarily better. However those recorders (Panasonic - National) do have more sophisticated circuitry and make better quality tapes than some cheaper machines.
Bear in mind with all of the above that we use the PAL system here and that is 625 line & does give better colour rendering than NTSC. Recorders do little better than 400+ lines but we find it very viewable on our projection system with a 112 inch screen, frequently superior to NTSC laserdiscs but not to the best NTSC DVDs. Like all software however, not all DVDs are great either. Ain't life a bum sometimes??
John
Thanks for your response John--but I was hoping you'd tell me I'd see an improvement! I wonder why I saw a visual improvement moving from RCA cables to S-VHS with my old Playstation, but wouldn't with a VCR? Is it because I'm already getting the best picture I can get with a VHS tape? Thanks again for your reply.
... into the components for S-video. Unless you have an S-video recorder playing an s-video tape you will see no difference. S- video is different to composite video as the term "composite" suggests. Most video players put out a composite signal not an s-video one so using an s-video cable would achieve nix. Sorry to be the bearer of disappointing news.John
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