I'd be really interested to know what difference (if any) the S-VHS deck made compared to the regular one you were using.
I've got a decent capture setup (semi-Professional gear that captures at up to 10-bit uncompressed 4:2:2 - over 100GB an hour!) that I obtained basically for free since it is fairly old (early 2000s). Since good VHS decks are getting harder (and more expensive) to find, I haven't got a good[1] one yet. I'd be interested to know if the difference between the two decks was noticeable!
I've got a decent capture setup (semi-Professional gear that captures at up to 10-bit uncompressed 4:2:2 - over 100GB an hour!) that I obtained basically for free since it is fairly old (early 2000s). Since good VHS decks are getting harder (and more expensive) to find, I haven't got a good[1] one yet. I'd be interested to know if the difference between the two decks was noticeable!
[1] I consider the recommendations on this thread: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-restore/1567-vcr-buyin... to be fairly good at separating good VHS decks from the rest of the pack.