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I'm about to replace my ailing old VCR, and I'm looking at the JVC HR-S9900U. It seems to be the successor to the HR-S9800U, with no readily apparent missing features, and an SRP $100 less. Is there any specific advantage that the 9800 offers, or is it just last year's model?The specs on the machine list a time base corrector -- is it at all effective in dealing with macrovision? I'm a film studies student, and it would be helpful to be able to assemble clip tapes without resorting to extra hardware.
Finally, are there any other VCRs in the $400 street range worth looking at? I don't really want to spend much more than that; less, of course, would be fine!
d.
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I'm not familiar with the 9900U but have seen the 9800U advertised in the Audio Advisor catalog for about $500, and it appears to be a very good machine. The time base corrector will not be of any help in defeating macrovision AFAIK; actually, I believe the older VCRs from the 80's have a better chance of getting around copy protection features. FWIW, the laserdisc format has no copy protection, and used LDs are relatively cheap nowadays because the format has been rendered essentially obsolete by DVD.Todd
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