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Old 01-05-2019, 07:19 PM
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RCA to HDMI Upscaler Converter

I finally purchased a new 40"HD TV.

I can play my Toshiba Vcr through the coax and a/v connections on my new tv.
The vcr tapes do not have a very sharp picture.
Would a RCA to HDMI upscale converter improve the sharpness of my old vcr tapes?
Amazon has quite a few of them for sale.
https://www.amazon.com/Svideo-Conver...a-569349346534

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L8GG6PW...B0769GMV9YDoes
Does any forum member have any experience with this type of device?
I do not want to waste my money purchasing a device like this unless it improves the picture quality of my vcr tapes.
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Old 01-05-2019, 08:03 PM
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Vhs tapes will always look like hell on flat screen HDTV. They will look worse if you upscale to HDMI. For best quality use a good Solid State CRT TV to play them.
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Old 01-06-2019, 09:45 AM
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A few high-end VCRs had digital noise reduction systems that smooth out the noise enough that rather than a fuzzy blurry picture you get just a somewhat blurry picture...CRT is the way to go for tape. Also, NTSC is extremely hard to make look good on a screen over 36"
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Old 01-06-2019, 10:53 PM
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I use one because they usually do a better job scaling SD video better that the TV's built in composite input. I also ran a projector for many years and only wanted to run one cable to it.
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Old 01-07-2019, 11:29 AM
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I use one because they usually do a better job scaling SD video better that the TV's built in composite input. I also ran a projector for many years and only wanted to run one cable to it.

What make/model is the one you use?
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Old 01-08-2019, 08:59 PM
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Just a Monoprice composite/svideo to HDMI scaler, which doesn't work at the moment
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