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• Re: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... rick h 20:31:06 10/08/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... posted by clarkjohnsen on October 06, 2000 at 13:44:47:

  you did'nt specify what speed the tapes were recorded at. at the slower speed video noise and dropouts are more pronounced. i have made hundreds of s-vhs tapes and i use nothing but sp recording mode.
  
  

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• RWe have 20 year old tapes holding up surprisingly, so ... John C. - Aussie 16:46:41 10/07/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... posted by clarkjohnsen on October 06, 2000 at 13:44:47:

  ... it could be excessive heat, stray magnetic fields or even a bad batch of tape. The S-VHS Panasonic tapes I bought 10 years ago are not lasting ads well as 20 year old Maxwells. Frustrating, but nothing much can be done unless some techo has inspiration beyond our knowledge.

  Peace at AA

  John
  
  

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• Cleaning, shleaning... Victor Khomenko 07:35:27 10/07/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... posted by clarkjohnsen on October 06, 2000 at 13:44:47:

  Don't know if this is what you are experiencing, but I had few cases of super-heavy head gunk that was not possible to remove with any "normal" cleaning process. In that case it was caused by playing bad tape with perhaps lose binder. Usually that happened when playing the chewed up section on the rental tape. You don't know if you are going to hit such area, but there the oxide is loose and it will clug your heads in no time at all.

  Simply using the cleaning cassette would not produce any improvement, so I had to use the swabs directly on the heads.

  Needless to say, this is like an open-brain surgery, and should beused as the last resort only.

  Before doing something like that, take a good new tape, record and then play. If it works fine - then it is probably your old tapes. If not - probably deep cleaning is in order.
  
  

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• I've got S-VHS tapes that are several years old... Bob Casner 17:03:30 10/06/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... posted by clarkjohnsen on October 06, 2000 at 13:44:47:

  And they're holding up just fine. Made on the very first S-VHS machine I saw offered for sale, a JVC that cost about $1000 new at discount.
  
  

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• Deterioration... Rich 14:50:53 10/06/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Last year I got a S-VHS outfit... posted by clarkjohnsen on October 06, 2000 at 13:44:47:

  is inevitable, but that seems awfully fast. Did you store/place them near any magnetic devices?
  
  

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