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Posted by Bob A on 08/21/06 01:45
Bill Fright wrote:
> Bob A wrote:
>
> >>I'd hand it over to someone with a studio deck. Shampoo won't really
> >>hurt the heads but they are going to have to be cleaned afterwards and
> >>probably a few times during transfer. So will the guides and pinch rollers.
> >>
> >>On the other hand if you have an old camera you don't use anymore you
> >>can try a dub and toss it afterwards.
> >
> >
> > Ding, Ding - That will have to rank as the worst advice of the year!!!
> > The spinning heads will spool up, crumple and crinkle that tape beyond
> > recognition.
> > DO NOT put that tape in ANY machine, it will be certain death to the
> > machine and more certainly the tape will be destroyed. The tape must be
> > cleaned by a qualified tape recovery company. If the shampoo has not
> > eaten the binder on the tape then most or all of it may be recovered. I
> > highly recommend calling www.AVRS.net they are fully capable of
> > recovering the tape.
> >
>
> That's your opinion. Let's review shall we, since you thought it wiser
> to leave out his post.
>
> He said he was desperate for the video. How are you going to recover ANY
> of it without putting it in a deck. I told him to take it to someone
> with a studio deck thinking that since that person bought a "real" deck
> he could assess what to do.
>
> Let's face it. MiniDV is a throw away format any way. That's why I
> recommended putting the tape in a throw away camera.
>
> You sure got your panties in a bunch!!!
Wow, I can't believe you want to continue to defend that idiotic
advice!! Putting any tape with a contaminant on it will instantly cause
the head, which spins a 9,000 RPM before contacting the tape to grab
and pull bunches of tape and hopelessly crinkle it up in a pile.
Usually ruining the video head at the same time. Cameras even shut down
if the tiniest amount of dew is possible. Your complete lack of
understanding about the tape recovery process is understandable, but
rest assured the tape would NOT be put in to any in any player until it
had been thoroughly cleaned and dried. That is accomplished using decks
that look like players but have no heads and have absorbent pads where
the guide posts would normally be. I have seen a couple of those
machines working which, by the way, were custom built by the
aforementioned www.AVRS.net.
Mr. Fright, Please don't let your lack of knowledge and ego cause
this poor fellow the complete loss of his tape. Your advice is dead
wrong and certain to damage a very large section of his precious tape
and whatever equipment it is put in. If he took it and asked someone to
put it is a "studio deck" (whatever you mean by that?) they would
laugh him out of the building for sure.
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