VCR'S which is good?

[demonwarrior]

PANASONIC:NV-HV62,NV-MV22,NV-VP60
SONY:SLV-D821P,SLV-N77
SAMSUNGVD-V5650,DVD-V8650,V9600
JVC:HRS3912U,HRXVC16B
MAGNAVOX:MVR650MG-17
GOVIDEO:R6640

which of these are the best for a beginner?taking prices into consideration as well.

[guns1inger]

PANASONIC:NV-HV62,NV-MV22,NV-VP60
SONY:SLV-D821P,SLV-N77
SAMSUNGVD-V5650,DVD-V8650,V9600
JVC:HRS3912U,HRXVC16B
MAGNAVOX:MVR650MG-17
GOVIDEO:R6640

which of these are the best for a beginner?taking prices into consideration as well.

To do what ?

If it is the basis for a restoration project, the JVCs are generally well regarded

[demonwarrior]

for capturing and restoring and vhs to dvd transfer

[samijubal]

Most reliable, Panasonic. Best picture quality, JVC.

[lordsmurf]

Those are all just plain VCRs. They won't do much in terms of restoration.

The JVC S-VHS has a few filters, but not all.

Sony and Panasonic other great choices for VHS players.

[demonwarrior]

but i see some of the models are archived so which is the best current models of JVC?
HR-XVS20
HR-J791
HR-S7600AM
HR-S8960
HR-J297
HR-S5990

which of these is the best?

[lordsmurf]

HR-S8960

That's a step up from my HR-S7965EK, which is an excellent high end machine.

[demonwarrior]

Ok but what filters does it have if any and can it remove macrovision protection ?

[lordsmurf]

Line TBC removes grain and chroma noise. Note: This TBC only removes image noise.

Stabilizer, if needed.

Picture modes, to help hide noise (NORM, SOFT, SHARP)

R3 edge enhancement (fake detail added)

Audio "filters" (select HiFi or norm track, whichever sounds better), not really a filter, but few devices let you pick the mono/linear audio track when HiFi exists.

The only way to remove macrovision (or errors that are not copy protection, but still trip up protection detection), is to insert a full-frame TBC between the VCR and capture device. This TBC does no cleaning of image, but purifies the signal.

[demonwarrior]

ok but it seems i'm gonna struggle to get that model in South Africa so whats the next best model to use?seems i might be able to get the following models:HRXVC16B,HRS3912U,HRJ692U,HRS5902U

[lordsmurf]

The lower end 3000 and 5000 have basic filters. No TBC. They're better than VHS VCRs, but still not the good ones.

[demonwarrior]

which is the next best model compared to the HR-S8960?

[lordsmurf]

HR-S7965

[demonwarrior]

will try an see if i can that one here thanks