Lord Smurf of DigitalFAQ has said that almost any Sharp VCRs of the mid- to late-1990s (or its sister brand Admiral) are are among the best regular VHS VCRs. He cited their ability track tapes wonderfully. Tracking is a method of keeping the head drum correctly aligned with the tape. I bought a Sharp VC-JH820 at a thrift store. A lot of these Sharp VCRs where sold and you should be able to find them easily enough in Canada or the United States.
VCRs compared in this video:
- Sharp VC-H820
- Sony SLV-N88
- JVC HR-A60U
- JVC HR-DVS3U
The videos were recorded on a Polaroid brand VHS tape in SP mode. I used Monster THX V100CV cables. All VCR footage was sent via Composite cable, except for the HR-DVS3U, which used a Monster S-Video cable. The The video capture device was an ATI All-in-Wonder 9600XT. Sound card is a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz TB400. Software was VirtualDub 1.9.11 on Windows XP. Video codec was HuffYUV.
In the side-by-side comparison videos, I encode each HuffYUV interlaced video sample through a basic QTGMC deinterlace and upscale to 1440x1080 using Hybrid. Then further zoomed in in Adobe Premiere 2025.
CHAPTERS
1:43 Sharp Super Picture
3:35 Versus Hybrid
4:46 Comparisons 1
6:20 Comparisons 2
8:51 Conclusion
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Please comment which VCR looks best.
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