Jan 2, 2018 · The two devices I have been using so far have been a combo video8-Hi8 /VHS Sony SLV-T2000 and a digital8 camcorder Sony DCR-TRV238E (with TBC ,DNR and pass-through feature ).Both devices have some pitfalls in what capture quality is concerned. The combo deck as actual smear and the D8 cam as “color edge issue” (on the overscan ).

Feb 25, 2019 · All Sony Digital 8 camcorders with analog playback have the same TBC/DNR circuit that late 90s Hi-8 HandyCams came equipped with. 8mm is a "color under" format like VHS and Beta, the chrominance signal is recorded separately on the tape.

Dec 13, 2022 · The D8 camcorders were not very popular often amounting to a Video8 or Hi8 camera head and tape deck with DV electronics so finding a good one will take some effort. The concept of giving consumers a single camcorder that could play their legacy Video8/Hi8 tapes was nice while moving into the higher quality potential of DV was nice, but only ...

Aug 13, 2019 · After having read many manuals, I'we found that the following Digital 8 model seems not have TBC/DNR for playing Hi8/8mm analog tape. So these models are not suggestet for capturing analog Hi8/8mm tape. DCR-TR7000E DCR-TR7100E DCR-TRV110E DCR-TRV130E DCR-TRV140E DCR-TRV145E DCR-TRV147E DCR-TRV210E DCR-TRV245E

Aug 15, 2020 · The camcorder I have at my disposal (aside from the EV-C100 deck that does NOT have any form of onboard TBC) is a CCD-TRV318. From the stickied guide, this unit is marked as having mono audio out with S-video, and I've tested capture from these ouputs to my Blackmagic card with decent success.

Mar 15, 2021 · Lastly, if you are only capturing Hi8 and Video8 tapes (no Digital8) you might want to look for one of the later Sony Hi8 camcorders rather than a D8 camcorder. They have the same TBC and DNR so the playback "quality" is the same. Their advantage is that they don't have to "shift" gears from digital to analog to play an analog tape.

Jan 30, 2025 · This deck does analog/digital pass-through conversion and I played some Hi-8 pre-recorded tapes in the Digital8 deck, passed the output into the HR-DVS3U via S-Video and then ran its FireWire output into my Digital8 camcorder, re-recording it.

Jul 29, 2022 · If you're playing the Hi 8 tapes in your TRV87, then yes, put the TBC and NR of the 87 on. That will/should improve the video arriving at the D8 camera. Following on from BW37's comments, as a trial, you could try just playing the tapes in your D8 camera and cut out the 87.

Sep 28, 2023 · I've got the Sony EV-C8U deck, and a CCD-TRV98 (and a chain of capture cards, etc). Tapes and deck were watched and working around 12 years back. I popped in the first tape and got some working video after a bit of bluescreen, and …

May 20, 2022 · The camcorder can play back NTSC, but might not be able to output it through fireqire, only on analog, like VHS deck and only outputs via firewire linear audio converted to PCM and blanks the video, but on playback it reconstitutes whatever signal it …