I have this unit and I bought it 2021 at our local SAVERS thrift store for $15. Absolutely a workhorse. I use it for moldy tapes and get solid playback. Finally ate a tape and I’m just about to cart it off to my guy in Taunton, MA for a refurb. Just wondering, any south of Boston techs, just in case my guy retires …?

I still have mine. I bought it brand new for $300 back in 1996 I think it was. Still works.

I picked up this model from a Goodwill for $4.99 today. Its going to make my digital transfers better i hope

Hi there, do you know if this model can record single frames, like if you imagine you wanted to do stop motion animation and capture one frame at a time. then of course play back at regular speed.

This is the lowest budget in the S-VHS family. The best S-VHS is the HR-S7600AM, The only model ever made that can playback and record native PAL and NTSC without conversion, built in line TBC/DNR, auto tape bias and many more.

you need adjust 4:3 Accept Ratio picture settings

Got couple of them. They are ok but not the best. They lack TBC. Its not a best unit but big improvement over regular VHS. I love SVHS and still use this format till today.

Just got one from goodwill and it records but the playback from that recording is in black and white and the picture split in half .. But it plays pre-recorded movies just fine. It seems the recording feature or hardware is corrupt.

S-VHS players should be equipped with S-video input/output interface plus I2C/CAN for giving and taking remote control signals from TV and other equipment. In other way what's the difference from VHS? In the end, new generation of such players should save digital data in QAM256/QAM1024 format at high bitrate directly or through codecs like HEVC, HE-AAC2/AC-4.

Hello can you help me out? I have jvc p61k video cassette it has only yellow and white output thet i connect it to a tv that red yellow white component but no signal at all but the vhs player working

Sir I need this VCR for save my memories

I'm bidding on a HR-S3902U, it has S video inputs and outputs

Best S-VHS player is the Panasonic NV-V8000 JVC videos were absolutely diabolical

that svhs vcr is from late 97 into 98

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I have this one, but mine also has s-video inputs on front and back.

S-VHS has ~420 lines where standard dvd is 480 lines so they are very close.

Not the best. There are many several higher end models from JVC alone.

I had one of these. TBH, I wasn't very impressed with it. The quality might have been better than standard VHS but it wasn't enough to really get me excited. I didn't get mine until close to the end of VHS. I think they missed the opportunity to make anything meaningful of SVHS. VHS was always a lacking format and SVHS existed long before the end of VHS was in sight. They could have sold SVHS in the early 90s but they utterly failed to sell it to anyone other than maybe very high end users. By the time these types of decks started showing up where most people bought their electronics (Like Best Buy in the US) VHS was on the way out with DVD being right around the corner. This unit had some nice features but I had two other VHS VCRs at the time and I mostly used them even though they were standard VHS.

The best vhs hi fi player/ recorder is one that has a headphone jack and adjustable audio meters.

This is not the best SVHS machines, for someone who use to repair these things, this is one of there standard model range. Repair many of these and they are just standard, not bad but not a high range model.

Find a vcr that has V U meters and a headphone jack. This one has neither!

I WISH I could EVEN "like" ANY JVC "creation"! HOWEVER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED TOO MANY OF THESE MORPHODITE "products"!

Its...JVC not J.V.C.!! Get it right.

With all due respect, this is a great S-VHS machine, but nowhere near the best. It's not even close.

i have similar model. hear a slight buzz sound. sucks