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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[markmark12]

Hi Captain,

I have some umatic tapes to transcode. After reading your awesome journal entry I hope i have a grip on what I might need. Please let me know if this looks right:

Something like..

SONY U-MATIC VO-5850 VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER into
Digital Processing Systems DPS-210 into
Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 into
PC or Mac, Premiere/Final cut etc..

How does this look?

Thanks!

Mark.

[captain18]

Hi Mark,

The VO-5850 (I have fond memories of the 5850) into the DPS-210 is a good start to get your dub video into a modern format. I'm guessing you already have the 5850?

The only thing I see missing is a Time Base Corrector between the 210 and your BlackMagic device to stabilize the video.

[markmark12]

Hey Captain,

Thanks for the reply!

I don't already have the 5850, but I'm looking on ebay and there are some.

So the 5850 doesn't have a TBC built in? And the 210 doesn't do it either I guess... Do you have a link or a suggestion for a TBC?

Mark.

[markmark12]

I just found this on ebay: PANASONIC TIME BASE CORRECTOR TBC-200

Is this a transcoder and TBC? Looks like it has dub in and s-video out...

Maybe a standalone TBC like this? AVT-8710

[captain18]

Only the last iteration U-Matic SP model -- the BVU-950 -- had an onboard TBC, and that was an option card (BKU-903). Also, the DPS-210 is a transcoder only