Panasonic DMR-E55H (pal) and E85H (pal) image from VCR is too bright

[Bartoloni]

I tried to use DMR panasonic as a passthru to reduce lateral skewing of old VHS tapes... this is done prefectly, but the brightness level is changed
i use as input a composite signal (from various VCRs) and as output , composite, or S-video.. or component (this has completely wrong colors)

i'm acquiring with 3 different cards (2 blackmagic and 1 osprey)with the same results... the input is taken too bright (or the output is too bright).. well one of them is incorrect

this is an image about, on the left, original-signal , on center the composite (svideo is same) on right the component.
i was thinking to reduce brightness of output on svideo adding a resistor... but before doing this i will wait for someone that maybe can help on this situation.


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so.. 2 different DRM, how is possible that panasonic has not spotted that issue? (tried also using SCART adapter.. without any success)
tried also unsing an S-video input from a panasonic AG7350 ... but same

[Bartoloni]

meanwhile i tried adding resistance on luminance out signal...


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looks like that the brightness details are lost directly on input....

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on attachments 200 ohms 250 ohms and 300 ohms
300ohm on right is reddish... the 250 ohm looks better..but still to bright.


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here 267 ohms seems a little bit too much brighter


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on this one.. 284 ohm seems a little bit highter, image is again redish and maybe a little bit darker.. maybe with 278/280 ohms...
probably i need to reduce a bit the source signal and a bit the output signal... (both)

[Sharc]

In a first step you should tweak the proc amp settings (lower the darks) of your capture card(s) and then try some color adjustments rather than fiddling with external resistors which possibly just spoil the impedance.
Actually I don't see a levels problem other than elevated darks. The loss of details in the (over)brights is probably on the source.

[Bartoloni]

(fixed the issue on component output.. one of the connector was oxided)

tried with software arrangments (lowering Y by 0.18 / 0.20 ) on the Blackmagic cards (just to have same brightness)
but some details are completely vanished( on high brightness spots )


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look at the t-shirt....

using a fully recapped AVE5 from panasonic these detailes are grabbed correctly by the card... (but i hate the AVE5 because it cut edges of the signal making some sort of unwanted zoom)

[Sharc]

The Original looks like progressive video (?), while the component looks interlaced. A valid comparison is difficult. Also, the component has clipped BLUE which may result in some loss of details. In the original the BLUE is not clipped it seems.
(The dark level looks still elevated (too grey) to me).