Capturing Contrast Concerns

[NA87]

I am currently capturing my family's home VHS tapes. I am content with my equipment as I have already went down the rabbit hole researching solutions on that front. However even though I thought I had improved my setup, it appears that the newer captures have far less contrast than the previous attempts. Now I do not know whether these newer captures are more "accurate" or not but I just thought I would ask what everyone thinks of this difference. I imagine I can bump up contrast in Premiere after capture but I just want to make sure I'm not losing something unnecessarily.

Old Capture Setup:
Panasonic DMR-EZ47V--->Canopus ADVC-55--->HDD/MacBook Pro (Mid-2010)

New Capture Setup:
JVC Super VHS SR-V10U-->AVT-8710 TBC--->Canopus ADVC-55--->HDD/MacBook Pro (Mid-2010)
JVC Settings:

• Edit Mode
• Video Calibration 'On'
• Video Stabilizer 'Off'
• Digital R3 'Off'
• Digital TBC/NR 'On' (Green light lit/selected)

I will post screenshots of the old capture first then the new one.




And here is one of the black screen before a video starts:


As you can see the black level is much deeper and the contrast seems greater in the older captures despite the fact that I was told that the Panasonic VCR was one of the worst.
Is this a more "accurate" capture that I am seeing?
I'm sure I can adjust in premiere but should I be bumping up levels of color or contrast on the AVT-8710?
Any advice on this is greatly appreciated. I do not want to add any more devices into my setup and I am content capturing DV into premiere. Thanks.