I use a Mitsubishi HS-M60V (
http://andydoz.blogspot.com/2014/11/...ding-belt.html) , which I presumed was far to new to record 405 material. It worked very well indeed.
Due to the bandwidth of VHS, pictures appear to be very good indeed on 405, as almost all of the bandwidth for 405 is available.
Tapes need to be kept spotless though, as the drop-out compensator won't!