Panasonic Ag-1980 S-Vhs VCR Editor

I used to do forensic video work and always wanted one of these, but the bosses wouldn't let me get one. Now I'm retired and bought this used one and it works great. I have digitized about 20 VHS tapes so far and no drop-outs. The internal TBC works great and the video quality is about as good as VHS video gets (which is not too great, but you work with what you have). I use QuickTIme pro to digitize to 10bit 4-2-2 uncompressed video for best editing. Maybe overkill, but its the best codec I have. The device arrived promptly, well-packaged and has been working like a champ since I installed it.

VCR operates flawlessly and had the Time Base Correction needed for converting the Y/C and stereo output to digitized files to make DVDs.I gave it 3 stars becuse it was used equipment and no longer produced.

I've had this device for a couple months. I used this to convert a bunch of old VHS-C tapes to dvd. The TBC (Time base corrector) cleaned up some serious tracking and other image quality issues I was having. I would recommend this. The video is still jittery at points, but this is just because the tapes are old. I plan to get an external tbc to correct the jitter. I couldn't get the video input to work, but I might need the original remote for that (I'm using a universal remote, because I bought one that didn't have the original remote).I would recommend this VCR.

Great communication and fast shipment. The VHS player has been lovingly refurbished, as described, looks and functions as if brand new, and has provided excellent playback of many family tapes which other players had difficulty with. A great help to my project of digitizing these family memories. Recommended seller.

seems to be working alright...