Compared to standard VHS VCRs, are S-VHS VCRs more stable when playing back recording that have poor tracking from damaged tapes, especially those that were recorded in LP/EP?
It would be great to have a VCR with which you could just set the playback speed manually overriding the tracking information, instead of the dreaded back-and-forth speed changes from such tapes.
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Last edited by tugatomsk; 5th Sep 2022 at 16:42.
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Short Answer: No
Longer Answer: Video (and audio) processing is done after the tape has passed the head-drum. So it make no difference, in that respect, whether you have Y/C separation or composite. However, the whole issue of tracking from a vcr that was not the machine that the tapes were recorded on is variable. You may be lucky in find a machine that is more tolerant. But if the tapes are damaged - and you have not provided detail of damage since LP/EP recording does not initself 'damage' the tape - it matters little what machine you use.
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It's the bottom of the tape that's dented, where the tracking data is stored. Sadly, standard VCR need that data to know what is LP/EP and what is not. What I was wondering is if S-VHS VCR could deal with such tape damage better. But apparently that's not the case.
Thanks for the info.
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