SilverWook said:

Tasjo, what is your price range for an AG-1980? It's getting harder to find one that hasn't been run into the ground as time goes by. And believe me, you don't want to end up with someone else's tape eater.

I can recommend the ebay seller I bought my last one from, and they service what they sell.

My price range is around the $200-250, but I may just have to bite the bullet and pay a little more for one that is guaranteed to work. 90% of the ones I have seen listed have mostly been trashed and I definitely don't want to end up with someone else's tape eater.

Bellower said:

If you want.. I can do the whole job but for that I will need the VHS to transfer it, of course, I will have to get in contact with the owner to clarify the best to do this.

Sorry for this long post... but I just let you know that I can contribute with my knowledge and also the equipments.

Thanks to you all.

Bellower

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Indeed, there are a few of us with AG-1980s here on the forum. So if you get stuck, I'm sure there are people here that can do a nice transfer. Believe me, using a better deck makes a noticeable difference in quality. Judging by what you have already gotten out of the SWHS tape, running it through a better deck is likely to make it clearly the best quality version yet found.

Thanks for the offers everyone, but I have a lot of other tapes that need to be transferred, so at this point I think it would be best if try to track down my own. But if all else fails I will definitely consider letting one of you transfer it the best way possible.