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Posted by Bob Ford on 08/20/06 05:12
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:01:06 GMT, not@home.now (GMAN) wrote:
>In article <gfqee2hq44j4hrar5solaqlhremu8sj1mp@4ax.com>, Bob Ford <imagesinmotion@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:44:45 GMT, not@home.now (GMAN) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <1155859750.571784.231390@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>> Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>I have two DV tapes here that I owuld like to use again. I have about
>>>>45 minutes recorded on it now, and when I go to capture it from the cam
>>>>I would like to just have ot capture everything and at the end of the
>>>>recording just stop - i order for that to happen the tape has to be
>>>>blank; not just taped over. S
>>>>I remember seeing VHS erasers, but I'm guessing those things don't work
>>>>very well with DV. I tried using a rare earth magnet at work on a
>>>>MiniDV and Digital8 tape - but it didn't work very well. I still saw
>>>>garbled images when I played it back.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>I use a Radio Shack high power tape eraser. Its the higher power one that they
>>
>>>sold that erased Metal cassette tapes. Works great on MiniDV
>>>
>>>Heres one on ebay that ended, look for this model
>>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.
>>>com/MINT-RADIO-SHACK-HI-PWR-TAPE-ERASER-44-233A-AUDIO-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ230017719
>>>103QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>>There are a couple of these currently on eBay.
>>Google for video tape eraser. Ones I saw are under Realistic brand,
>>not Radio Shack.
>>
>>I have one with the Radio Shack name on it, exact same as the
>>Realistic's on eBay and it does a totally crappy job of trying to
>>erase VHS and SVHS tapes. Might work on Mini DV better since the tape
>>is much smaller?
>
>You must totally misunderstand the routine involved in erasing tapes with a
>bulk eraser then. It works great for me. You have to work the unit in a
>circular fashion right against the shell of the tape and then while pulling
>the unit slowly away from the tape, let go of the button once you have the
>unit approximately 2 feet away.
Well sir, since I have worked full time in video production since
1984, run a successful business of my own, worked 3 years for a major
TV station I think I know how to use a bulk tape eraser :-)
I do a lot of post work at a local Comcast studio where they have a
unit even bigger than my RS and even it will not do a good job of
erasing tapes.
The honkin' big boy they had at the TV station worked extremely well
but I don't care to pay $600.00 plus for a unit like theirs. It erased
large reels of 1" tape also.
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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