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Re: S-VHS quality

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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


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