If it's not recorded on an actual S-VHS tape, the ones that used to cost me $15 a pop back in '89 & '90, it won't actually register in the higher resolution, it is just "S-VHS - ET" or whatever that meant, it's nuanced reg. VHS not S-VHS, just slightly higher resolution than reg. VHS but not S-VHS. I had [and still have] 4 JVC S-VHS decks & 1 Sony S-VHS deck, all purchased for thousands of dollars back in the day when I was using them in high end video production, 1989-1997.
Nice! I have a non-S-VHS version of this unit (NV-F70) which looks very similar but, of course no S-VHS (so sad). Oh and yes I could clearly see the difference in quality when you flicked the switch
Just picked up a AG-1980, the 1970's replacement. Nice unit with a great TBC and noise reduction. The audio while queuing is cool, usually only the pro units do that. Unlike JVCs, these units usually don't break (when they do, they are easy to fix) and track every tape you throw at them! The editing controllers (AG-A96) can still be found dirt cheap on ebay too.
@NJRoadfan No kidding. When I got this the head drum bearing was squealing and causing some very fast flutter modulation on the video, I unscrewed the top half and put some 3-in-1 oil in there! I didn't know if it was even going to work afterwards but it runs perfectly smooth to this day
@jjovereats This is "ET", I broke the S-VHS hole sensing pin off so I could record on regular tape. Seems to work about as well as the newer plastic JVC deck I have that actually is capable of ET
At school i noticed two of these sitting on a table with a ton of other electronics, and i asked what they were doing with it. My teacher said they were going in the trash. I asked if i can have anything and he said take anything, and i took the 2 Panisonic AG-1970s that were there. Hooked em up and they work perfect. They are a bit scratched up on the top. How much are these things still work? What can they all do? When were they made?
Looks like that model (I'm guessing is a pro deck made for editing) has a pretty powerful comb filter since it killed all the cross-color artifacting in the test pattern when you switched it.
I have two S-VHS VCRs but they're more low end consumer decks. I like them a lot for recording off of my SD cable box, but S-VHS tapes are becoming hard to come by. My previous web source for tapes no longer carries them (at least not the ones I prefer: Maxell Pro T-182's)
@pokruk No, it was made well before DV and IEEE1394. You still need a DV camcorder with an analog input (getting impossible to find) or a dedicated analog to DV box (ditto)
I just bought the same unit along with 22 other high quality VCR's at a yard sale for $2.00 each. The AG-1970 is like the UBER-VCR! We are techno scavengers, a rare bread who actually like old outdated electronics. Got 4 AG-3200 machines in this lot also. The AG-1970 was the cream of the crop though.
I am not a VCR expert. was a Betaphile until my last Super Beta machine went down 3 years ago. I just like cheap electronics. It looks good on a shelf and I actually plan on using them in my makeshift studio.
I still have vertually the same machine but all my connectors are at the back. Im lucky I got to convert all my Svhs stuff, difficult to get hold of a good one of these now.
There is one of these sitting on the shelf of my local thrift store with a price tag of $6.99. I have no real use for it, but I just might get it anyway. I have no idea if it works, but it powers up and responds to the buttons.
Analog-In on a Sony DCR-TRV17 camera (also used to take the video) through 1394/Firewire. A very good digitizer, much better than the actual dedicated box I have for that (ADS Pyro AV Link). It either has built-in timebase correction, or very flexible signal timings.
That ADS Tech converter is extremely sensitive to timing disruptions and will drop a half-second of video any time there is a tape dropout affecting vertical sync, making it almost impossible to use for its intended purpose (digitizing VHS tapes) without a TBC. Neither will it accept nonstandard signals like the pseudo-progressive NTSC output by game consoles and some cheap CCD cameras. The composite input is unterminated so all captured video will be washed out without a 75 ohm load across it.
This seems to be the professional version of the consumer electronics version NV-FS 200 by Panasonic which almost looks the same. Compare these two by watching my video of the NV-FS 200 and u will see...great VCR anyway!
I have an NV-FS100PX and yeah they do looks very similar, same controls in front and everything! By the way to the poster, I freaked out when you switched to that ABC substation, since I watch the same one. I'm down in Killeen! I don't anything about VCRs, but have a general interest in electronics.
I actually picked up a VTR like this, not with as many features though, but I used it extensively as a my poor mans DAT recorder. Had awesome sound. Can only imagine the quality. I gotta find it again. Bought at goodwill for 30 bucks
The difference is visible on the resolution chart. I have an S-VHS VCR which can record on regular VHS tapes as "Quasi S-VHS". The neat thing is that it has an S-Video output which works even while playing regular VHS tapes.
If it's not recorded on an actual S-VHS tape, the ones that used to cost me $15 a pop back in '89 & '90, it won't actually register in the higher resolution, it is just "S-VHS - ET" or whatever that meant, it's nuanced reg. VHS not S-VHS, just slightly higher resolution than reg. VHS but not S-VHS. I had [and still have] 4 JVC S-VHS decks & 1 Sony S-VHS deck, all purchased for thousands of dollars back in the day when I was using them in high end video production, 1989-1997.
IsItEarthYet 7 months ago
@IsItEarthYet who cares
11SomeTime 1 month ago
Nice! I have a non-S-VHS version of this unit (NV-F70) which looks very similar but, of course no S-VHS (so sad). Oh and yes I could clearly see the difference in quality when you flicked the switch
panzr 8 months ago
Just picked up a AG-1980, the 1970's replacement. Nice unit with a great TBC and noise reduction. The audio while queuing is cool, usually only the pro units do that. Unlike JVCs, these units usually don't break (when they do, they are easy to fix) and track every tape you throw at them! The editing controllers (AG-A96) can still be found dirt cheap on ebay too.
NJRoadfan 9 months ago
@NJRoadfan No kidding. When I got this the head drum bearing was squealing and causing some very fast flutter modulation on the video, I unscrewed the top half and put some 3-in-1 oil in there! I didn't know if it was even going to work afterwards but it runs perfectly smooth to this day
pdmillar 9 months ago
Don't tell me you're recording ET-REC.
jjovereats 9 months ago
@jjovereats This is "ET", I broke the S-VHS hole sensing pin off so I could record on regular tape. Seems to work about as well as the newer plastic JVC deck I have that actually is capable of ET
pdmillar 9 months ago
@pdmillar S-VHS-ETREC then...
jjovereats 9 months ago
@pdmillar use real svhs. i want to.
jjovereats 6 months ago
did you called us badass?
cameron20101000 9 months ago
You what? You fi-.. you fil-.... you filmed this on (maybe S-)VHS?
jjovereats 9 months ago
At school i noticed two of these sitting on a table with a ton of other electronics, and i asked what they were doing with it. My teacher said they were going in the trash. I asked if i can have anything and he said take anything, and i took the 2 Panisonic AG-1970s that were there. Hooked em up and they work perfect. They are a bit scratched up on the top. How much are these things still work? What can they all do? When were they made?
YouonPictures 9 months ago
1:37 SO FUNNY!!!!
rcha1982 10 months ago
I worked in a editing suite with two of them in the 90's. Very good equipment, I think I will buy one to dub VHS tapes to computer.
VideoGraphos 10 months ago
Looks like that model (I'm guessing is a pro deck made for editing) has a pretty powerful comb filter since it killed all the cross-color artifacting in the test pattern when you switched it.
I have two S-VHS VCRs but they're more low end consumer decks. I like them a lot for recording off of my SD cable box, but S-VHS tapes are becoming hard to come by. My previous web source for tapes no longer carries them (at least not the ones I prefer: Maxell Pro T-182's)
laserdiscphan 10 months ago
a random question, is it possible to get video from your computer onto vhs using this particular machine?
pokruk 11 months ago
@pokruk No, it was made well before DV and IEEE1394. You still need a DV camcorder with an analog input (getting impossible to find) or a dedicated analog to DV box (ditto)
pdmillar 11 months ago
@pdmillar
Ge Force 3 video cards have an S-video output.
Sismiques 11 months ago
@pokruk
Ge Force 3 video cards have an S-video output.
Sismiques 11 months ago
Lovely test :)
DoodiePunk 1 year ago
I just bought the same unit along with 22 other high quality VCR's at a yard sale for $2.00 each. The AG-1970 is like the UBER-VCR! We are techno scavengers, a rare bread who actually like old outdated electronics. Got 4 AG-3200 machines in this lot also. The AG-1970 was the cream of the crop though.
FBNP01 1 year ago
@FBNP01 Weird, I'm pretty sure that AG-3200 is the same machine as my JVC HR-S5902.
pdmillar 1 year ago
@pdmillar Not sure about that.
I am not a VCR expert. was a Betaphile until my last Super Beta machine went down 3 years ago. I just like cheap electronics. It looks good on a shelf and I actually plan on using them in my makeshift studio.
Dan - Fly by Night Productions - FBN01
FBNP01 1 year ago
I still have vertually the same machine but all my connectors are at the back. Im lucky I got to convert all my Svhs stuff, difficult to get hold of a good one of these now.
chrono31XX 1 year ago
There is one of these sitting on the shelf of my local thrift store with a price tag of $6.99. I have no real use for it, but I just might get it anyway. I have no idea if it works, but it powers up and responds to the buttons.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Hi! What device did you use to digitalize the video? Great video!
hikeblues 2 years ago
Analog-In on a Sony DCR-TRV17 camera (also used to take the video) through 1394/Firewire. A very good digitizer, much better than the actual dedicated box I have for that (ADS Pyro AV Link). It either has built-in timebase correction, or very flexible signal timings.
pdmillar 2 years ago
That ADS Tech converter is extremely sensitive to timing disruptions and will drop a half-second of video any time there is a tape dropout affecting vertical sync, making it almost impossible to use for its intended purpose (digitizing VHS tapes) without a TBC. Neither will it accept nonstandard signals like the pseudo-progressive NTSC output by game consoles and some cheap CCD cameras. The composite input is unterminated so all captured video will be washed out without a 75 ohm load across it.
pdmillar 2 years ago
This seems to be the professional version of the consumer electronics version NV-FS 200 by Panasonic which almost looks the same. Compare these two by watching my video of the NV-FS 200 and u will see...great VCR anyway!
CaroVonAuersfeld 2 years ago
I have an NV-FS100PX and yeah they do looks very similar, same controls in front and everything! By the way to the poster, I freaked out when you switched to that ABC substation, since I watch the same one. I'm down in Killeen! I don't anything about VCRs, but have a general interest in electronics.
SCSNSE 2 years ago
I don't know anything* but yeah, enjoyed the scene from War Games at the end as well, with a young Matthew Broderick
SCSNSE 2 years ago
apologize for triple post but look* not "looks"
SCSNSE 2 years ago
I had a deck very similar to that. And it most definitely had a remote control. If I ever find it, I'll let you know :]
jarrydn 2 years ago
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. This is only a test.
efleck999 2 years ago
I actually picked up a VTR like this, not with as many features though, but I used it extensively as a my poor mans DAT recorder. Had awesome sound. Can only imagine the quality. I gotta find it again. Bought at goodwill for 30 bucks
ElasticMinds 2 years ago
Wow, you got some nice captures there. I struggle getting descent image with my SVHS vcr and SVHS camera
blogitnz 2 years ago
I thnk all I will say is:
1-I love what you choose to do videos about, and,
2-Analog is so cool it makes wanna...
QuiltedPine 2 years ago
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QuiltedPine 2 years ago
I actually don't understand what you're talking about in most of your videos, but I love the sound of your voice.
RazorBeamz 2 years ago
hilarity. five stars!
vincentvtl 2 years ago
I have 1 perfect condition AG-1980 but I prefer the SLV-r1000 but some tapes because the AG-1980 show the video as in and is not such eye candy.
ElPeruanoUFO 2 years ago
those are great for editing out commercials
bmtimv 2 years ago
YOU LIKE YOUR WIRES AND BOXES
keatonkeaton999 2 years ago
The difference is visible on the resolution chart. I have an S-VHS VCR which can record on regular VHS tapes as "Quasi S-VHS". The neat thing is that it has an S-Video output which works even while playing regular VHS tapes.
vwestlife 2 years ago
You HAVE to make some music vids with this thing!
TranquilVision 2 years ago
This is basically the epitome of shitty video editing and it's great :D
ThatKles 2 years ago