Got my first S-VHS VCR

[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.