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I have some old VHS tapes that I'd like to convert to DVD before they completely disintegrate. Many are videos I purchased and may have copy protection (the one I copied last night did not). I suspect that many are in as terrible shape as the one I copied last night - color greatly deteriorated (everything greenish) and grainy resolution (even worse than you'd expect with VHS).
I've spent a lot of time reading threads here on converting copy-protected sources to DVD, but they all focus on devices to remove the copy protection and nothing more - nothing to enhance the video quality (or at least not that I found).
I'm limited in how much time and money I can spend on this. I found three devices that offer enhancement as well filtering, ranging from affordable to on-the-edge to way-up-there (for me). I've been able to find no reviews at all of the one that appeals to me most (from Star Development), which is a red flag. I'd very much appreciate some feedback from anyone who is familiar with these particular devices or this category in general.
Facet Video Clarifier
http://facetvideoclarifier.com/
$59.95 plus a whopping $16.95 in shipping
Star Development Video Magic/Ultra
http://www.stardevelopment.com/stabilizer.htm
$149.94 plus $12 shipping
Can remove copy protection from Blu-ray players and DVRs, as well as VNS, DVD, etc. Says, "Built-in TBC". In general seems like a great buy for the feature set, but I've seen almost no discussion of it anywhere - which is weird if it's really that good. Is this a legitimate company? Is anyone familiar with this product?
AVT-8710 Time Base Corrector
http://www.avtoolbox.com/avt8710.shtml
$269 plus some unknown shipping amount (already very high w/o shipping)
I read somewhere that this is very good, but the description is highly technical and I don't understand most of it.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
I've spent a lot of time reading threads here on converting copy-protected sources to DVD, but they all focus on devices to remove the copy protection and nothing more - nothing to enhance the video quality (or at least not that I found).
I'm limited in how much time and money I can spend on this. I found three devices that offer enhancement as well filtering, ranging from affordable to on-the-edge to way-up-there (for me). I've been able to find no reviews at all of the one that appeals to me most (from Star Development), which is a red flag. I'd very much appreciate some feedback from anyone who is familiar with these particular devices or this category in general.
Facet Video Clarifier
http://facetvideoclarifier.com/
$59.95 plus a whopping $16.95 in shipping
Star Development Video Magic/Ultra
http://www.stardevelopment.com/stabilizer.htm
$149.94 plus $12 shipping
Can remove copy protection from Blu-ray players and DVRs, as well as VNS, DVD, etc. Says, "Built-in TBC". In general seems like a great buy for the feature set, but I've seen almost no discussion of it anywhere - which is weird if it's really that good. Is this a legitimate company? Is anyone familiar with this product?
AVT-8710 Time Base Corrector
http://www.avtoolbox.com/avt8710.shtml
$269 plus some unknown shipping amount (already very high w/o shipping)
I read somewhere that this is very good, but the description is highly technical and I don't understand most of it.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.