Posted by Bob Ford on 08/19/06 19:46

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_W0QQitemZ230017719
>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?
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com

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