I have wanted one of these for basically my entire life THANK YOU, Digital Video Revolution, now I'm off to see if I can score some cheap Betacam decks
Yes they did come with a remote. That machine was good until the comb filter SME capacitors went bad. The part that fails is part number VCR0369 and the part is 80.00 if you can still find it.
@jjovereats This is "ET", I broke the S-VHS hole sensing pin off so I could record on regular tape. Seems to work about as well as the newer plastic JVC deck I have that actually is capable of ET
The difference is visible on the resolution chart. I have an S-VHS VCR which can record on regular VHS tapes as "Quasi S-VHS". The neat thing is that it has an S-Video output which works even while playing regular VHS tapes.
I just bought the same unit along with 22 other high quality VCR's at a yard sale for $2.00 each. The AG-1970 is like the UBER-VCR! We are techno scavengers, a rare bread who actually like old outdated electronics. Got 4 AG-3200 machines in this lot also. The AG-1970 was the cream of the crop though.
There is one of these sitting on the shelf of my local thrift store with a price tag of $6.99. I have no real use for it, but I just might get it anyway. I have no idea if it works, but it powers up and responds to the buttons.
I have an NV-FS100PX and yeah they do looks very similar, same controls in front and everything! By the way to the poster, I freaked out when you switched to that ABC substation, since I watch the same one. I'm down in Killeen! I don't anything about VCRs, but have a general interest in electronics.
I actually picked up a VTR like this, not with as many features though, but I used it extensively as a my poor mans DAT recorder. Had awesome sound. Can only imagine the quality. I gotta find it again. Bought at goodwill for 30 bucks
Just picked this model up along with the AG-A95 editing controller and the remote and a Sony PVM monitor FOR FREE! Everything works flawlessly, and is really nice equipment. The remote is VEQ-1413.
@NJRoadfan No kidding. When I got this the head drum bearing was squealing and causing some very fast flutter modulation on the video, I unscrewed the top half and put some 3-in-1 oil in there! I didn't know if it was even going to work afterwards but it runs perfectly smooth to this day
Just picked up a AG-1980, the 1970's replacement. Nice unit with a great TBC and noise reduction. The audio while queuing is cool, usually only the pro units do that. Unlike JVCs, these units usually don't break (when they do, they are easy to fix) and track every tape you throw at them! The editing controllers (AG-A96) can still be found dirt cheap on ebay too.
@pdmillar Not sure about that. I am not a VCR expert. was a Betaphile until my last Super Beta machine went down 3 years ago. I just like cheap electronics. It looks good on a shelf and I actually plan on using them in my makeshift studio. Dan - Fly by Night Productions - FBN01
the dogs bollox, i have the Panasonic HI-FI STEREO video cassette recorder NV-F70 HQ - Panasonic HI-FI STEREO HQ video cassette recorder NV-F77, BOTH these machines are super technology even today. I still use both machines, and the options are amazing.
I own a Mitsubishi S-VHS U65 I picked up from my local Goodwill for $20.00 for the deck & the remote a few years ago. I replaced the video head drum & got it to work but still needs belts & some cleaning, but other then that it's in perfect cosmetic condition.
Analog-In on a Sony DCR-TRV17 camera (also used to take the video) through 1394/Firewire. A very good digitizer, much better than the actual dedicated box I have for that (ADS Pyro AV Link). It either has built-in timebase correction, or very flexible signal timings.
@pokruk No, it was made well before DV and IEEE1394. You still need a DV camcorder with an analog input (getting impossible to find) or a dedicated analog to DV box (ditto)
Nice! I have a non-S-VHS version of this unit (NV-F70) which looks very similar but, of course no S-VHS (so sad). Oh and yes I could clearly see the difference in quality when you flicked the switch
I actually have 2 of these machines that i picked up from when my school was cleaning out the old AV room... i keep one hooked up as a normal VHS player, still figuring out what it can all do...
That ADS Tech converter is extremely sensitive to timing disruptions and will drop a half-second of video any time there is a tape dropout affecting vertical sync, making it almost impossible to use for its intended purpose (digitizing VHS tapes) without a TBC. Neither will it accept nonstandard signals like the pseudo-progressive NTSC output by game consoles and some cheap CCD cameras. The composite input is unterminated so all captured video will be washed out without a 75 ohm load across it.
At school i noticed two of these sitting on a table with a ton of other electronics, and i asked what they were doing with it. My teacher said they were going in the trash. I asked if i can have anything and he said take anything, and i took the 2 Panisonic AG-1970s that were there. Hooked em up and they work perfect. They are a bit scratched up on the top. How much are these things still work? What can they all do? When were they made?
I love my two jvc super vhs's........lol...500 lines of resolution was the 1080p of the 90's...my two jvc's still work and I have braveheart on super vhs...blank tapes were expencive as hell
They do, and they do a better job of it than a plain VHS machine (at least the Panasonic AGs do because of the built in digital TBC.) You can even get separate Y/C - S-Video - off a regular VHS, though this is probably inconsequential as there isn't really enough luma bandwidth there to produce any cross-color artifacts
This seems to be the professional version of the consumer electronics version NV-FS 200 by Panasonic which almost looks the same. Compare these two by watching my video of the NV-FS 200 and u will see...great VCR anyway!
Looks like that model (I'm guessing is a pro deck made for editing) has a pretty powerful comb filter since it killed all the cross-color artifacting in the test pattern when you switched it. I have two S-VHS VCRs but they're more low end consumer decks. I like them a lot for recording off of my SD cable box, but S-VHS tapes are becoming hard to come by. My previous web source for tapes no longer carries them (at least not the ones I prefer: Maxell Pro T-182's)
I thnk all I will say is:
1-I love what you choose to do videos about, and,
2-Analog is so cool it makes wanna...
Yes they did come with a remote.
That machine was good until the comb filter SME capacitors went bad. The part that fails is part number VCR0369 and the part is 80.00 if you can still find it.
@jjovereats This is "ET", I broke the S-VHS hole sensing pin off so I could record on regular tape. Seems to work about as well as the newer plastic JVC deck I have that actually is capable of ET
The difference is visible on the resolution chart. I have an S-VHS VCR which can record on regular VHS tapes as "Quasi S-VHS". The neat thing is that it has an S-Video output which works even while playing regular VHS tapes.
Ahh, reupload this in higher resolution.
"BUTANE IS A BASTARD GAS." - Hank Hill
War Games!
I got my AG-1970p and AG-1980p from a Goodwill 11 years ago. :) Both need work though. :(
I just bought the same unit along with 22 other high quality VCR's at a yard sale for $2.00 each. The AG-1970 is like the UBER-VCR! We are techno scavengers, a rare bread who actually like old outdated electronics. Got 4 AG-3200 machines in this lot also. The AG-1970 was the cream of the crop though.
He should upload them, make sure they are deinterlaced and in the right resolution.
I actually don't understand what you're talking about in most of your videos, but I love the sound of your voice.
I have the PAL version of this, the NV-FS200 and it is a nice machine!
There is one of these sitting on the shelf of my local thrift store with a price tag of $6.99. I have no real use for it, but I just might get it anyway. I have no idea if it works, but it powers up and responds to the buttons.
I have an NV-FS100PX and yeah they do looks very similar, same controls in front and everything! By the way to the poster, I freaked out when you switched to that ABC substation, since I watch the same one. I'm down in Killeen! I don't anything about VCRs, but have a general interest in electronics.
I actually picked up a VTR like this, not with as many features though, but I used it extensively as a my poor mans DAT recorder. Had awesome sound. Can only imagine the quality. I gotta find it again. Bought at goodwill for 30 bucks
Just picked this model up along with the AG-A95 editing controller and the remote and a Sony PVM monitor FOR FREE! Everything works flawlessly, and is really nice equipment. The remote is VEQ-1413.
@NJRoadfan No kidding. When I got this the head drum bearing was squealing and causing some very fast flutter modulation on the video, I unscrewed the top half and put some 3-in-1 oil in there! I didn't know if it was even going to work afterwards but it runs perfectly smooth to this day
a random question, is it possible to get video from your computer onto vhs using this particular machine?
Just picked up a AG-1980, the 1970's replacement. Nice unit with a great TBC and noise reduction. The audio while queuing is cool, usually only the pro units do that. Unlike JVCs, these units usually don't break (when they do, they are easy to fix) and track every tape you throw at them! The editing controllers (AG-A96) can still be found dirt cheap on ebay too.
@pdmillar Not sure about that.
I am not a VCR expert. was a Betaphile until my last Super Beta machine went down 3 years ago. I just like cheap electronics. It looks good on a shelf and I actually plan on using them in my makeshift studio.
Dan - Fly by Night Productions - FBN01
the dogs bollox, i have the Panasonic HI-FI STEREO video cassette recorder NV-F70 HQ - Panasonic HI-FI STEREO HQ video cassette recorder NV-F77, BOTH these machines are super technology even today. I still use both machines, and the options are amazing.
I own a Mitsubishi S-VHS U65 I picked up from my local Goodwill for $20.00 for the deck & the remote a few years ago.
I replaced the video head drum & got it to work but still needs belts & some cleaning, but other then that it's in perfect cosmetic condition.
Analog-In on a Sony DCR-TRV17 camera (also used to take the video) through 1394/Firewire. A very good digitizer, much better than the actual dedicated box I have for that (ADS Pyro AV Link). It either has built-in timebase correction, or very flexible signal timings.
those are great for editing out commercials
@pokruk No, it was made well before DV and IEEE1394. You still need a DV camcorder with an analog input (getting impossible to find) or a dedicated analog to DV box (ditto)
Nice! I have a non-S-VHS version of this unit (NV-F70) which looks very similar but, of course no S-VHS (so sad). Oh and yes I could clearly see the difference in quality when you flicked the switch
I actually have 2 of these machines that i picked up from when my school was cleaning out the old AV room... i keep one hooked up as a normal VHS player, still figuring out what it can all do...
@FBNP01 Weird, I'm pretty sure that AG-3200 is the same machine as my JVC HR-S5902.
I don't know anything* but yeah, enjoyed the scene from War Games at the end as well, with a young Matthew Broderick
That ADS Tech converter is extremely sensitive to timing disruptions and will drop a half-second of video any time there is a tape dropout affecting vertical sync, making it almost impossible to use for its intended purpose (digitizing VHS tapes) without a TBC. Neither will it accept nonstandard signals like the pseudo-progressive NTSC output by game consoles and some cheap CCD cameras. The composite input is unterminated so all captured video will be washed out without a 75 ohm load across it.
At school i noticed two of these sitting on a table with a ton of other electronics, and i asked what they were doing with it. My teacher said they were going in the trash. I asked if i can have anything and he said take anything, and i took the 2 Panisonic AG-1970s that were there. Hooked em up and they work perfect. They are a bit scratched up on the top. How much are these things still work? What can they all do? When were they made?
thanks man' very cool post!..gotta ask, whats the name of the B&W gagster movie.?
man' i love those those cheesy things..
I love my two jvc super vhs's........lol...500 lines of resolution was the 1080p of the 90's...my two jvc's still work and I have braveheart on super vhs...blank tapes were expencive as hell
will s vhs player play regular vhs tapes? is it better playback? im just trying to get the best vcr out there
They do, and they do a better job of it than a plain VHS machine (at least the Panasonic AGs do because of the built in digital TBC.) You can even get separate Y/C - S-Video - off a regular VHS, though this is probably inconsequential as there isn't really enough luma bandwidth there to produce any cross-color artifacts
This seems to be the professional version of the consumer electronics version NV-FS 200 by Panasonic which almost looks the same. Compare these two by watching my video of the NV-FS 200 and u will see...great VCR anyway!
I had a deck very similar to that. And it most definitely had a remote control. If I ever find it, I'll let you know :]
@pokruk
Ge Force 3 video cards have an S-video output.
apologize for triple post but look* not "looks"
Looks like that model (I'm guessing is a pro deck made for editing) has a pretty powerful comb filter since it killed all the cross-color artifacting in the test pattern when you switched it.
I have two S-VHS VCRs but they're more low end consumer decks. I like them a lot for recording off of my SD cable box, but S-VHS tapes are becoming hard to come by. My previous web source for tapes no longer carries them (at least not the ones I prefer: Maxell Pro T-182's)
YOU LIKE YOUR WIRES AND BOXES
I have 1 perfect condition AG-1980 but I prefer the SLV-r1000 but some tapes because the AG-1980 show the video as in and is not such eye candy.
cool
This is basically the epitome of shitty video editing and it's great :D
I have an AG 1970 if anyone wants one. Needs work.
I have a NV-FS100, (pal) this is a great videorecorders!
is there anyway i could contact to him? would love a copy of the broadcast for my archive
1:37 SO FUNNY!!!!
this has audio recording level control for the hi-fi audio recording head?
Don't tell me you're recording ET-REC.
@pdmillar S-VHS-ETREC then...
You what? You fi-.. you fil-.... you filmed this on (maybe S-)VHS?
how much?
@pdmillar use real svhs. i want to.
@IsItEarthYet who cares
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. This is only a test.
@pdmillar
Ge Force 3 video cards have an S-video output.