Fora FA300. I need a bit of information on this tbc

[jasonrhl]

Basically i am in the market for a TBC and I have seen a Fora FA300 in my price range.

Is this a good TBC for use on old tapes that need a bit of stabalising?

Would this do PAL and NTSC format tapes?

Is there any websites that can tell me a lot more about the Fora FA300 TBC?

Hope to hear someones comments soon

Jason

[davideck]

The FOR.A FA-300 TBC is NTSC only.
It has composite and S-Video I/O, and processes 8 bit 4:1:1 internally.
It is more transparent than my DataVideo TBC-3000.

It does a nice job of timebase correcting first generation recordings, but it has trouble with recordings that are 2nd generation and beyond.

Not much info that I could find on the web; it's too old, I guess.

[jasonrhl]

Thanks for the information. It saved me from making a costly mistake.

Do you have any suggestions for a tbc that will work for pal and ntsc video and multigeneration tapes?

[davideck]

It depends what you need it for...what do you mean by "a bit of stabalising"?

The DataVideo TBCs are good frame synchronizers.
My TBC-3000 handled the multigen tapes that the FOR-A had trouble with.
I also like the 3000 because it has built in proc amp controls.
The last time I watched one on EBay it closed at $177.50

[jasonrhl]

Very helpful information for me.
Thankyou