S-VHS vs VHS! Can you see the Super VHS difference?

The Super VHS videotape format was released in 1987 and offered improved resolution over VHS, but how much better was the viewing experience for folks watching at home? The specs say that SVHS offered over 400 lines of resolution compared to 240 lines with VHS video tape. Specifications aside, how much of a difference does it make to a viewer of these formats? In this video, I do side by side comparisons of the two formats using the SVHS and VHS versions of "Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan" and "Patriot Games", both movies were Paramount releases marked on the back as "Super Source Video".

Equipment Used in this demonstration:
Panasonic WJ-MX50A Digital AV Mixer / Switcher
Panasonic DMR-ES15 DVD Recorder
JVC HR-S5900U Super VHS ET VCR (Video Cassette Recorder)
Zenith VC5442 VHS VCR

0:00 Intro / Open
0:29 Super VHS Description
0:52 Equipment Used for this demonstration
1:45 Format Comparison Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan
3:31 Post Production Comparison, "Genesis" sequence of Star Trek II
4:10 Post Production Comparison, "Patriot Games"
4:32 Conclusion of comparison, acknowledgements, and close

Thank you to MusicBoomerang member drmars for generously donating these two Super VHS tapes to ThriftyAV for review.

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