PAL VHS capture giving unkown artifact

[NewHomebrew]

Having some trouble with capture recently.

Here is the signal chain:
PAL VHS>VCR > Scart > 3 Phono (AL, AR, V) > Pinnacle Firewire MovieBox > Firewire cable > PC (Pinnacle Studio to capture)

And here is the result. You see a fine network of "black lines" over the video, almost like black lace. I am not sure what this is or what is causing it, since when the VHS tape is played into a TV, it looks normal.

[lordsmurf]

edit: nevermind ... your description is not what I see in those images.

[offline]

Strange. Electrical interference or a bad connection can
cause banding like that but I have never seen it so
fine and uniform. I take it that you see this on preview as well as capture?

[NewHomebrew]

Yes, it is also seen on preview, connections/cables are clean and tight. It is grainier than organic whole wheat bread. It was taped directly from TV.

Still puzzled.

[offline]

No, by bad connection I meant a dry joint leaking
static in the VCR. It looks ok on a normal TV but
will show up on equipment like
projectors or capture cards which require a clean
signal.