[HELP] VHS - Top of picture bends

[i4004]

The bend at the top of picture is on the master, and every VHS copy I have seen.

well, it would be, if you only have one u-matic machine, then it's propagating error on everything beneath, so to speak.

but if it bends equally on every u-matic machine, then yeah, it's probably issue in the recording itself, which is possible.

and yeah, in that case no help from tbc.