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Posted by Bob Ford on 08/20/06 15:56
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:54:52 GMT, not@home.now (GMAN) wrote:
>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?
a) It says Radio Shack on it?
b) It is defective?
c) It doesn't have enough horsepower to do the job?
>
>>
>>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.
Oh, you have to use them sitting down?
Didn't see that in the instructions ;-^)
>>
>>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.
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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