I was hoping never to buy another vid, but my Philips which has given me long and trusted service for many years decided to stop working last week.
Since I was using the vid as a TV tuner, I'm a bit stuck at the moment (the tuner of my Philips TV packed up a couple of years ago, although the TV itself is otherwise fine).
I'm looking to go for an S-VHS vid this time, since the quality of normal VHS was always a bit miserable.
I get the impression that Panasonic are clear market leaders here, so I'll narrow the choice down to them. What I'm looking for is:
- a vid that works as a best-possible TV tuner
- s-video input and output
- very good quality recording, also preferably reasonable quality on VHS tapes too, if poss
- build quality that will survive a reasonable number of years, but doesn't need to be a tank
- I don't need any fancy editing facilities
- don't think tape library stuff is important, since I'm not quite sure I even understand what this does
The current Panasonic models seem to be 830, 880, 930 - but there are also models such as 825 (quite a bit more expensive than the 830?) and the 870 around.
What's the best one to go for? I don't have a fixed budget, but I don't want to spend £100 extra on fancy features that you never need if there isn't e.g. a radical improvement in picture quality.
Ta,
Dave48
Since I was using the vid as a TV tuner, I'm a bit stuck at the moment (the tuner of my Philips TV packed up a couple of years ago, although the TV itself is otherwise fine).
I'm looking to go for an S-VHS vid this time, since the quality of normal VHS was always a bit miserable.
I get the impression that Panasonic are clear market leaders here, so I'll narrow the choice down to them. What I'm looking for is:
- a vid that works as a best-possible TV tuner
- s-video input and output
- very good quality recording, also preferably reasonable quality on VHS tapes too, if poss
- build quality that will survive a reasonable number of years, but doesn't need to be a tank
- I don't need any fancy editing facilities
- don't think tape library stuff is important, since I'm not quite sure I even understand what this does
The current Panasonic models seem to be 830, 880, 930 - but there are also models such as 825 (quite a bit more expensive than the 830?) and the 870 around.
What's the best one to go for? I don't have a fixed budget, but I don't want to spend £100 extra on fancy features that you never need if there isn't e.g. a radical improvement in picture quality.
Ta,
Dave48