? on using TBC 1000 with Panasonic dvd recorder

[heman28]

Hello I am putting a lot of vhs tapes on my Panasonic DMR e55 recorder and I know it has a built in time base corrector and it seems to do a really nice job but I also have a Datavideo TBC 1000 wich has done a really nice job for me in putting vhs to dvd over the last few months and has given me great results. I am trying to get the best picture possible with what I have and I first used the Sima SCC2 color corrector but it does some kind of funny tinting problem to where the screen goes kind of dark then light again and its not macrovision cause these are from my own tapes and if anyone else has one of the Simas they will know what I am talking about. So I then decided to go for the Datavideo TBC 1000 but I noticed that when I do use the TBC 1000 it seems that my video is just slighlty worse then when I just go straight from vhs to dvd and the lettering of titles that go across the screen are not as jittery or maybe that is how a true full frame time base corrector works. Also the colors are still good but it has kind of a gray dingy look to it and I would like to use the Sima after it but and afraid that it would just further worsen the video quality but would get more color though. The quetion is should I just stop using it all together or should I still keep using it? It also seems to cause some noise to be in the picture some more but I know that from what I read it is a better TBC than what is in the Panasonic dvd recorders and I bought one a few months back thanks in part to Lordsmurf who is on these boards. What would you reccomend anyone? Does anyone else use one of the TBC1000 and maybe the Sima SCC2 color corrector in there stanalone recorders? Thanks to anyone who give advice and I also hope to hear from Lordsmurf too

Eric

[Justin42]

I wouldn't think using 2 TBCs would improve the quality of your picture at all, and would quite possibly degrade it further. Are you turning off the TBC functionality in the Panasonic (I'm not sure if you can even do that)...

In this case, I doubt "more is better"; you said it yourself, when you don't use the TBC it looks better.

[gshelley61]

For tapes that are not copy protested and are in good shape, you probably do not need a standalone full frame TBC when capturing to a DVD recorder. For color correction, have a look at the SignVideo Proc Amp. To enhance (sharpen) images, their DR-1000 is very hard to beat.

Sima color correction products are cheaply made and have a "sync restore" function that can't be switched off and that may interfere with the picture.