This is how good S-VHS can look - final answer

Source material: TOMMY CASH - X-RAY (Official Video)
Part starts at 2:07 • TOMMY CASH - X-RAY (Of...
What I did to create this recording:
[Digital Source File] Motion interpolation to 50fps progressive 1080p via SVP4Pro
Telecine, interlacing, conversion to 576i50 (PAL) with GTX9800+ analogue S-Video output
VCR: Philips VR1000, recording in S-VHS SP with BIAS adjusted to tape
Playback: VR1000 with TBC activated
Digitizer: AJA ioHD S-Video and analogue audio inputs, captured in DV-PAL (MPEG2)
Post-processing: Screengrab off VLC playing in 1080p with Yadif2x De-Interlacing enabled