VCRs with TBC

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Originally Posted by Electronic M

A lot of the VCR/ DVD-recorder combos have a TBC to allow the DVD recorder to copy bad tapes to DVD without glitching out and have S-video...My Toshiba IIRC D-VR5 has all that, SQPB and plays all 3 speeds.

Since I don't want to make DVD discs, I did not feel like having a whole VCR/DVD combo only to use it in a passthrough mode, seems unnatural to me But maybe I will try this approach too, I saw some combos in the local thrift store, they don't stock VCR only machines anymore.

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Also the VCR DVD recorder combos tend to be newer than the regular VCRs so they're less likely to need maintenance.

It seems these medical VCRs were made in this century, and many of them have very few hours on the heads and the mechanics seem to be sturdier.

The service manual for GE VIVID 3, which is an ultrasound machine, specifies the following VCRs: Sony SVO-9500MDP2 (PAL) and SVO-9500MD2 (NTSC), Mitsubishi HS-MD3000E (PAL) and HS-MD3000U (NTSC), Panasonic AG-MD-835E (PAL) and AG-MD-835P (NTSC). According to the respective brochures, all these machines have TBC and frame memory and can record and play in SVHS with Hi-Fi audio. I am not sure whether all of them are SP only.