After some research, I noticed the unit I mentioned does not play S-VHS in native S-VHS format, it plays them in VHS format, 240 lines instead of 400. If you use a native S-VHS unit with a S-video capture card, or s-video to hdmi, you should get the full 400 lines. I don’t know if any output hdmi though.

The BD-VHS unit doesn’t record onto tapes, it has no record function, it’s strictly to output VHS via HDMi. I’ve tested it using a few capture cards, and even upscaled to 4k using the HDfury DIVA, but its HDMi 2.1’s 4k 444 depth limit is 8-bit, so I’d much rather record in 1080p 12-bit and upscale in post. Great quality to be honest. Capture cards…

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I’ve been going through some comparison videos, and they really don’t do the Panasonic BD-VHS player justice. The player outputs at 444 12-bit, which might look more washed out if comparing it to composite or S-video on a TV that doesn’t have color set up for the former purpose. The colors might seem washed out, but it is more color-space to play…

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Ah, good to know. Thanks for letting me know about the Y/C signal for the VHS duplicator. I literally started my research yesterday, lmao.
As for the composite or S-video, I am not happy with the quality. I see much better results from other people’s methods vs my previous experience with composite and s-video. If I record (for example) a…

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The attached pic VHS player outputs in HDMi 1080p at 12-bit color.
The attached pic 4K60 Card can capture 1080p 12-bit signals using the latest firmware.
Tested to work via OBS.
You must have a device between them that breaks HDMi copy protection, like an HDMi splitter or an HDFury device. I’ve used a few different splitters, but not all of them…

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I am also curious about this.

It’s ok Sebastian, some people will call themselves video professionals, yet they will only preach the knowledge they have, and deny the rest even exists.

*shrug* All I know is I know nothing.

In hopes to progress the subject a bit further, I am glad to discover you have similar objectives as me in the world of video…

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