On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:16:29 GMT, Dwight Huffman <d.huffman@gte.net> wrote:

>Can someone share any good Rules of Thumb for filters or transforms to

>improve the sharpness of captureed vhs??

>

>I've tried various vdub filters (flax, sharpness, and unsharp masking),

>but have not found any noteworthy improvement in the sharpness of the

>video.

>

>I figure that some kind soul who has played with this a lot more than I

>have will have some shareable and worthwhile guidelines.

If you are expecting miracles with VHS, you will

be disappointed. I use a very moderate amount

of sharpening with VHS to try to "harden" the edges

a bit to retain what info was on the tape (increasing

contrast and darkening the image a bit can also help),

but you cannot expect an improvement in real info,

just a bit in the "impression" of *slightly* better

sharpness, at best...