Highest quality VHS to digital converter?

[Charles Sneddon]

Hi Paul, thanks just ordered.

I presume I should change the fuse to a 3A rather than the 13A to match the FS1?

Charles.

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Charles, I would not replace the fuse size, as the 13A fuse is associated to the cable wire gauge. I would just use those c13 power cables as is.

[Charles Sneddon]

Thanks, Paul. I can’t thank you enough for all your advice. I will not replace the fuse size.

Here is my setup that I am looking to finalize.

I am thinking about buying a Fora DCC-70HS and a professional monitor for color correction and to make real-time adjustments. I haven’t bought them yet; they are next on the list, good idea?

What do you think? Will this setup result in good picture quality? Will there be sync issues with audio?

I also have a Mitsubishi HS-MD3000E-T with TBC, and the picture quality is brilliant. It’s a bit sharp, but the quality is excellent.

SETUP:

1. VHS (JVC VCR S VHS SR-S388E) – S VIDEO OUT to
2. S VIDEO IN (FS1) – SDI OUT to
3. SDI IN (Fora DCC-70HS) – SDI OUT to
4. SDI IN (AJA Ki Pro HD/SD Video Recorder)

For the audio:

1. JVC Video Machine RCA Audio Out to RCA to XLR Male Analog Audio Adapter.
2. XLR Male Analog Audio Adapter to Van Damme DB25 to 8x Female XLR Cable.
3. DB25 Cable to FS1 Analog Audio In.

To add the professional monitor:

1. SDI OUT (Fora DCC-70HS) to SDI IN (Professional Monitor) using a 75 Ohm BNC Cable.
2. SDI OUT (Professional Monitor) to SDI IN (AJA Ki Pro HD/SD Video Recorder) using another 75 Ohm BNC Cable.

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Charles,

the AJA FS1 and the For-A DCC-70HS have similar functionality. If you read the user manuals of these items, you’ll notice that both are very similar. The For-A DCC-70HS of course has the For-A DCC-OU remote unit which if used, should theoretically make color changes easier. Now, the For-A DCC-70HS user manual does not indicate what happens to the embedded digital audio inside the SDI digital video signal that you could input. I’m guessing it may probably not pass through the AES/EBU embedded audio. You would have to test that. The processing delay of the For-A DCC-70HS is next to nothing so you could theoretically connect AES/EBU digital audio (via a 75 Ohm BNC cable) from the AJA FS1 AES/EBU audio out directly to the AES/EBU audio input on the AJA Ki Pro Video Recorder. Having said that, since you are only capturing Standard definition video, the AJA recorder that may work better for you is probably the Ki Pro Rack and not so much the AJA Ki Pro Ultra 12G. Having said all this, you still need a used waveform/vectorscope monitors for standard definition SDI input. It’s difficult to see & measure what you are color correcting without at least a Waveform monitor and a vectorscope monitor.