Problem with VHS VCR...help?

[digitalfreaknyc]

So I went to archive some VHS today and I haven't used my VCR in quite some time. I noticed a problem on the left side of the screen that has, what appears to be, some red and blue video noise running vertically down the picture. Any idea what this is? Is it just the VCR crapping out on me finally? I tried cleaning the heads but this looks more to be a different issue.

Any advice would be appreciated!

[zoobie]

I don't see anything in your png but it sounds like Hollywood's Macrovision. Try another tape.

[digitalfreaknyc]

I don't see anything in your png but it sounds like Hollywood's Macrovision. Try another tape.

It's certainly not macrovision. I wasn't using a store bought tape.

[jagabo]

I see the "rainbow" at the left edge of the frame. Lightened and saturation pumped up:



I don't know the cause. Maybe some ringing in the chroma channels as the luma goes from Y=0 to Y=16 at the edge. That doesn't seem like the kind of thing aging electronics would cause. Is it there only when the frame is black?

[digitalfreaknyc]

I see the "rainbow" at the left edge of the frame. Lightened and saturation pumped up:

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I don't know the cause. Maybe some ringing in the chroma channels as the luma goes from Y=0 to Y=16 at the edge. That doesn't seem like the kind of thing aging electronics would cause. Is it there only when the frame is black?

It's mostly noticeable when the screen is black but it's still there when there's actual video playing.

[themaster1]

pal vcr playing ntsc tape ?

I've witnessed this before with a brand new standard vcr , except it was a large vertical green bar in the middle of the image. All the ntsc tapes i played with it had such defect (retail or home tapes didn't matter.. so not macrovision)

[digitalfreaknyc]

Nope. It's an NTSC VCR.