Fix the bending and waving images when playing beta and VHS tapes on your old TV

[NJRoadfan]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I just feed the VCR video signal through the digital TBC in my DVD recorder...

Never had issues with my Beta decks before.

This. A proper TBC will solve any viewing issues with old TVs and lead to higher quality video output as well. A great overview is found here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...time-base.html

When I do captures for DVD transfers, I usually use a SVHS VCR with a line TBC (true Time-base correction) to correct horizontal jitter and an external full-frame TBC (really just a frame sync/buffer as my unit does little jitter correction) to clean up the sync (front/back porch, color burst, etc) and output proper RS-170a to the capture card. It also provides a stable continuous sync signal to prevent frame dropping.

A popular DVD recorder with pass-through TBC is the Panasonic DMR-E10. Some of the JVC DVHS machines also have pass through TBC functionality as well.