Posted by GMAN on 08/19/06 06:44

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

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