Got my first S-VHS VCR

[site123a]

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Originally Posted by site123a

I gave the VCR a more thorough test and found that it's not recording any color in both VHS & SVHS mode. I also inputed video in the RF, composite and s-video and still no color is being recorded.

I'm guess it's something in the chroma circuit has went wrong, unless it's the video heads...

Does it play back a known good pre-recorded tape with color?

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[holmesuser01]

Not being a whiner here, but why would you buy an S-VHS machine to record stuff on non-S-VHS tapes?

I've gotten a JVC S-VHS machine recently out of the bins at GW. It had a remote taped to it, too. I own exactly 2 S-VHS tapes, that were recorded about 10 years ago... This machine was bought strictly to copy the two tapes that I have to another format.

I've done recordings using regular tape on the S-VHS, and get the dull monochrome picture, too.

If your machine is playing the prerecorded tape properly, and in color, the heads are probably OK on the machine.

Best of luck with the new toy.

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Originally Posted by holmesuser01

Not being a whiner here, but why would you buy an S-VHS machine to record stuff on non-S-VHS tapes?.

So you have the option of using either S-VHS or VHS. And to get the S-Video outputs to keep the luminance and chroma separate which will improve pix quality on both. Those are two things that immediately come to mind. Most S-VHS machines had more features.

JVC realized S-VHS ET was quite possible, to record near S-VHS quality on standard tapes. Many folks balked at buying S-VHS because of the typical 2 to 3X the cost of blank tapes compared to standard tapes. There were few if any pre-recorded S-VHS tapes available.

As far as S-VHS ET on good quality standard tapes, that was added as a compromise and to make the format more available. Why would you NOT buy a S-VHS machine given the choice?

Also, You should get equal color rec-pb either way. If you aren't there's something wrong with your VCR's recording circuits. S-VHS and regular VHS processed the color exactly the same way.