SilverWook said:

Can you be more specific? It sounds like the tape might be the problem if you've tried three different VCR's.

The tape I tried with is in great condition and almost never used, it was a tape containing old Super-8 footage transferred professionally that I have wanted to preserve for a long time. I tried another tape as well with the same results, the three VCR's I used aren't the best players out there but in the end I think it is the DVD recorder and its combfilter that is at fault as it produced a very unsatisfactory picture. :(