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I have several VHS and a few S-VHS decks, and using regular tape, there is
a difference in picture quality on the S-VHS decks. And by picture quality I mean both in picture information, and in stability. Using S-VHS tapes then improves on that even more. So in my opinion, the entire machine has to be made to be better even before you add the S Tapes to it. I have the lower end JVC S-VHS machines, they have the dial frame step thing on the front. One of these machines I use to record NBR on PBS each night for over 10 years using the same tape over and over again. Still it delivers a fine picture, with very very little wiggle in the picture even though I use the slower speed while recording. These are the longest life and best performing machines I have ever owned, and I got shelves full of'em. Mostly the ones with the 19 Micron heads, 4 head machines are pretty good. I would rate them based on the ones I have for performance based on longevity S-VHS JVC as #1. 4 Head, and 4 head 19 Micron head machines Sharp #2. 4 Head, and 4 head 19 Micron head machines Panasonic, Magnavox #3. Again, based on what I own. I have a Panasonic VHS/DVD Combo that is pretty good, but more jittery than the S-VHS. And all of these machines were gotten from ebay & garage sales so I don't know about their previous life, they all arrived looking as described, little use, and very clean, working not needing repair. I have read about D-VHS and it sounds very good, but if you plan to use it to build a library, then you need a few machines, or one day it will fail, and you will not have something to play your odd-ball library on..... I have started to do new recording on DVD as I can get 4 hrs of VHS quality or better on a piddly-little disk. And like VHS there are hundreds of those machines around - for cheap money. .
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