SVHS or VHS ?

[Lundberg.nu]

Hello everyone.
I'm think about uppgrading my rental VCR.
Because now when I record first to my VCR
and then make vidcaps of it. The quality
is not at all good. But when recorded directly to the computer it's great.

The thing is. Should I get an SVHS or and
VHS with 6 heads? Can I see any diffrence
when trasfering it into the computer?
The price is SO much higher on the SVHS.
Is it worth it?
The VCR will be used mostly for recording as
I will start renting on DVD as soon as I get my MAX.

[DrMordrid]

I have both in the form of various JVC models. My SVHS is a 9600U and one VHS deck is a DD740U. Both have performed very well.

I wouldn't be without an SVHS deck. It's the best even if you are recording on VHS tape. The quality of the components are higher and they have S-Video in and out which is a much higher quality signal to use with your capture device.

One thing though: you can have the best deck in the world but if you're using mass market tapes your videos will still look like crap. 99.9% of department stores will NOT have these in stock. The best way to get them is to hit one of the better online videography stores. I use Maxell Professional VHS and Fuji SVHS.

Here's a source of Maxell VHS Professional tapes;

http://www.shopping.com/product.sdc?...n=0&p=10586147

Here is their Fuji SVHS tape page;

http://www.shopping.com/product.sdc?p=10586156

Buying in lots of 10 or 100 saves you a lot.

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by DrMordrid (edited 05 January 2000).]

[Rick6612]

Hi Lundberg.nu,

I agree with Doc Mordrid - SVHS is WAY BETTER than regular VHS. An SVHS copy of a VHS tape will look better than a VHS copy of a VHS tape. Recording to SVHS from my Matrox Marvel G-200 looks much better than recording to VHS.

There are some pretty cheap SVHS machines out these days from JVC, Panasonic, and even Mitsubishi. The cheap machines don't have the nice editing features (flying erase heads, etc.) that the more expensive machines have. But at least they will give you the improved picture quality you get with SVHS.

Rick