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In Reply to: VCRs: Sony SLNV99 or JVC HR-S5911 posted by dejan on October 12, 2002 at 16:38:12:
Hope your relatives in Europe can watch NTSC video.I bought my first-ever VHS machine late last year, after a whole lot of online research. I would've liked the option to get a really sturdy S-VHS machine in the $500 range, but from what I can see, today's $500 machines are a lot like the $200 machines, only with more features, and beyond a certain point, those features looked totally irrelevant to me.
In the end, I bought a JVC HR-S7800U S-VHS machine which had a street price around $300. It's hooked up via S-Video connection to my HDTV set. A good VHS video transfer looks very decent on this system: A bit soft, but very watchable. I do quite a bit of time-shifting, always in SP mode and S-VHS and I'm satisfied with the results: I'm not awed, but I no longer think that VHS just plain sucks. It displays seconds, as S-video in/out connectors and a timebase corrector. Build quality is about as you describe: Very lightweight. I use it with care, and it's given me no trouble so far.
My JVC automatically synchronizes it's clock and retains it's programming for quite some time. Mine's normally powered down, but when I've got a show to record later that day, I turn on the power strip and can feel pretty confident that I won't miss my show due to lost timer settings or a clock flashing "12:00".
FWIW, Someday, I'd like to see the "Consumer" taken out of "Consumer Electronics": Real gear is made to last and is worth fixing when it breaks.
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- Re: VCRs: Sony SLNV99 or JVC HR-S5911 - 4season 20:35:38 10/12/02 (1)
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