[toomuchtodo]

This was helpful, thanks for sharing. Would you have a specific model recommendation if cost is not a concern and the use case is long term archival?

[actionfromafar]

With these Panasonics, you either get the right model numbers, or. Tearing or no tearing.

The bigger difference is the VCR (you need one of those, too) and the capture device.

The capture device is a whole thing. See for instance Technology Connections on YouTube.

Depending on what you then capture with, you may need to attenuate the video signal with a potentiometer if the image is too bright and washed out.