VCR model suggestions please?

[Hellbore]

I want to capture all our VHS home movies.

I read that the JVC HR-S9800U and HR-S9600U were great models for this, along with other JVC's that have DigiPure and line TBC's and DNR and such.

However, I am not sure I can afford these, they are expensive.

I am not dealing with any copy-protected material or Macrovision or anything. Are there other VCR's I can find for cheaper that have features SIMILAR to the JVC and can yeild similar quality?

Didn't any other VCR's come with good noise and timebase correction circuits? From what I have read it's starting to sound like the JVC is the only way to go.

[lordsmurf]

Are there other VCR's I can find for cheaper that have features SIMILAR to the JVC and can yeild similar quality?

No.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

see that last guy above me?
click the first link in his sig
on the left side of his site, click "Playback hardware suggestions"
scroll down about halfway to get the answers
$ony's S-VHS units (if you can find them) are WAAAYY over-priced.
I don't think anybody else even makes S-VHS machines anymore....