I can agree about the heat related discussion, but I felt it was worth a try. Radio Shack is the best place to buy the necessary materials if you wish to try it. I had some scotchlock connectors, and some copper wire.

I am also doing my vcr recordings through the coax in an attempt to narrow down the problem. I am recording lots of basketball games, so there is lots of motion in my recording. If it is going to get jerky, freeze, jitter, what ever you want to call it, it should do it now.

I have noticed it on 3 and 4 hr speeds, not so much on 2 hr. It happens randomly, early, middle and late of recordings. But, until now, all of my recodings have gone through the rca plugs(mostly front).

Lets see if coax fixed the problem.

PGD44