Do all DV camcorders have a TBC?

[yg1968]

How do you know if a digital camcorder has a Time Based Corrector (TBC)? Is it any digital camcorder that has a passthrough feature? What about digital noise reduction (DNR)? Will any digital camcorder with a passthrough feature have it?

[yg1968]

I am not sure but think that I may have found the answer:

One advantage of DV camcorders and
VTRs is that they all incorporate time-base correction by their very nature. You
won't need to use a TBC on DV sources to maintain quality, though the proc amp
controls built into some TBCs can be useful for correcting image problems.

See at the bottom of page 37 of this excellent DV guide:
http://www.cilect.org/dvsuccess.pdf

I am not sure but I think that you can conclude from this that all digital camcorders have a TBC that can improve old analog tapes when used with their video in or their passthrough feature (if they have this feature).