Time Base Corrector, Any Recommendations?

[tvcollector]

Originally Posted by kf4rca

Check to see how many bits quantizing it is. Early TBC's were 8 bit. Later ones were 9 bit and the best were 10 bit. Quantizing is the process where an analog wave is chopped up into bits. An 8 bit box would give 256 levels of the video signal. A 10 bit box would give 1024 levels. Obviously more bits require more memory.
The SMPTE standard that was finally adopted (back in the early 80's) was 10 bits at 4fSC.
The one I liked the best was the DPS Phaser (I or II). But the tektronix and Sony are good too. Those are old broadcast units that you might can find used at a good price since all that analog system equipment is obsolete now. Good luck!

Nothing comes up in a eBay search for any of those...

I see stuff like this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/TVOneTask-1...53.m1438.l2649

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOR-A-FA-31...53.m1438.l2649

A bit on the expensive side for something that may or may not work..

I bought a OEM prime image TBC/Freeze, and it seems to be picky, not sure if it's got issues with bad caps, which I suspect.. Seems to produce color bars when I first power it on, and the better VCR i have it flickers like the vertical is out of sync at times