Outsmarting Sony (or, Stupid U-Matic Tricks!)

[captain18]

So, part of the reconfiguration of my edit suite/man cave has been to recable everything to use S-Video instead of composite video for the highest quality video I can get from my collection of professional and prosumer gear. This was pretty easy on the S-VHS front since that's where S-Video was developed to begin with, and my Betacam deck does S-

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[passwordisfail]

[Hoping I won't get marked as spam this time.]

The JVC KM-F250 Frame Synchronizer could be another good option. The Y/C dub input and output can both be switched between S-VHS/U-Matic, and there's even component outputs. As a bonus, it claims to feature U-Matic dropout compensation.

[captain18]

This looks promising, yeah. The only thing is, it uses the locking 7-pin DIN, so in order to take advantage of S-Video output to modern gear you'd need to build an adapter.

[ext_2928138]

what is the correct name of the tbc? JVC KM-F250EG, E or other letter?
there is an Umatic Dub Converter for PAL standard?

thanks

michele