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Posted by GMAN on 08/20/06 06:54
In article <lhrfe2pnf3ur92afmbkm07r5iud337hc8l@4ax.com>, Bob Ford <imagesinmotion@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>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_W0QQitemZ2300177
>19
>>>>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 :-)
Explain to me then who you cannot seem to get THIS one to work for you?
>
>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 problem is between the unit and the chair.
>
>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
Just joking with you.
PS, I'll take the Radio Shack one of your hands.
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