07-30-2015, 12:42 PM
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M is for Memory
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Pewaukee/Delafield Wi
Posts: 15,472
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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV
Barely more than a week after buying the JVC HR-S10000U, I picked up another Super VHS video recorder, this time an HR-S9900U. Although not nearly as nicely built as the "10k", this one seems to be an even higher-performing model, with a built-in time base corrector. I hooked it up, and it works just fine as found. With a good pre-recorded tape (Genesis - Visible Touch), the video and Hi-Fi stereo audio are superb (within the limits of the VHS format, or course). The lack of noise in the color reproduction is impressive, even with the TBC turned off.
Here is the real surprise: This VCR was sitting on the curb, a half block from my house! A friend who stopped by thought it was a DVD player, but I saw the "Super VHS" logo and decided to grab it and look at it at home. It is a bit scratched up, but not bad for something left out for a trash pickup. Now, I just need to get a proper remote control for it, and decide which of these two machines I should keep handy for video tape playing.
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Nice find. If you decide to turn loose the one you are not going to use I'd probably be a buyer.
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