Sony RDR-GX300 thoughts and comments

[gshelley61]

Analog videotape has timing and synch problems due to the physical mechanics of the system. Factors such as the rotating tape head, pinch rollers and capstan (causing a very small amount of tape stretch), temperature and humidity... these all have a detrimental effect on precise timing. It has nothing to do with how new a tape is, other than to say a poorly recorded old worn out tape will tend to have even more serious timing issues than a newer one will. In the professional broadcast and editing world, full frame TBC's are a necessity for all analog videotape output.

The TBC's in consumer VCR's and DVD recorders (and even in devices like the Canopus ADVC-300) are Line TBC's and do not sample and correct the timing of the entire frame (two fields). That's why they do not defeat Macrovision or other tape copy protection signals.

A full frame TBC may fix your capturing problem because it will completely strip, correct and replace the timing synch signal frame by frame.

[lordsmurf]

Analog videotape has timing and synch problems due to the physical mechanics of the system. Factors such as the rotating tape head, pinch rollers and capstan (causing a very small amount of tape stretch), temperature and humidity... these all have a detrimental effect on precise timing. It has nothing to do with how new a tape is, other than to say a poorly recorded old worn out tape will tend to have even more serious timing issues than a newer one will. In the professional broadcast and editing world, full frame TBC's are a necessity for all analog videotape output.

The TBC's in consumer VCR's and DVD recorders (and even in devices like the Canopus ADVC-300) are Line TBC's and do not sample and correct the timing of the entire frame (two fields). That's why they do not defeat Macrovision or other tape copy protection signals.

A full frame TBC may fix your capturing problem because it will completely strip, correct and replace the timing synch signal frame by frame.

A perfect follow-up explanation to my lazy one-liner.
I'm saving this one.