Posted by Scott Dorsey on 01/11/26 11:45

Charles Tomaras <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:
>
>Is there any one with a professional VHS machine that allows easy alignment
>changes that takles recovery jobs like this? Can VHS be baked and if so at
>what temperature?

There is an Ampex VHS machine that was actually designed for this sort of
thing. However, it has an extensive TBC gadget hanging off the side, which
may be a problem for PCM.

VHS cannot be baked because it does not suffer from sticky shed. There are
other things that go wrong with it, but not sticky shed. I have seen Type C
videotapes that can get sticky shed and the last generation of Quad tapes
had the faulty binder. But not VHS tapes. Baking is a particular solution
for a particular problem and shouldn't just be applied willy-nilly to any
tape.
--scott
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