i just got a vhs coverter, to rip to pc for about £30 (it came with dvd AND blu-ray authoring software witch made it worth the price alone, so my old dub to blu-ray rips can have that more legit feel…) And a vhs player from a charity shop for £10- no remote; not even sure the remote would have had tracking options.
Anyhow i watched both akira and battle angel tv recordings- can say i can live without the old akira dub, but uk alita- so nice to hear her voice again! Tracking is rough at the beginning, and the end the credits are gone just seconds in to a reckless press of the record button, to record some news on the bullshit of what was the irac’i war… the sound had expected noise and i’m just clearing it up so its minimal- without making things sound like everything is underwater (happens when you over do it).
Gonna do a repeat rip tomorrow to see if things could run smoother now the tape has been run for the first time in decades- i will say, vhs never felt pixel deprived back in the day and only looks bad when turned to pixels, miss those days. Will put results on youtube (get clipgrab) but can privide a temp link if you want to denoise rips yourself.
Hope a someone nice puts out a proper release rip some time.