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- From: smierch@madeline.com (Edward Smierciak)
- Subject: Re: Tape rewinder (Re: Tape snapped at beg
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.210724.29230@nynexst.com>
- Sender: news@nynexst.com (For News purposes)
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- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan7.180901.14285@cs.cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:07:24 GMT
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- In article 14285@cs.cornell.edu, karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
- >In article <C0HuDw.6qy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
- >>I have heard recommendation of using the rewinder instead the VCR to
- >>rewind tapes. The reason is to reduce wear on my expensive VCR head
- >>mechanism.
- >
- >My impression is the heads will be nowhere near the tape when you
- >rewind it. I thought the reason was supposed to be to save wear on
- >other parts, e.g. motors.
- >
- >-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
- >
- >
- >
- Correct David. All the whining and grinding that a VCR makes when you
- pop in a tape is a result of bringing the heads into contact with the
- tape. The reasons for using a tape rewinder are:
-
- 1. Reduce the wear and tear on the electric motors and
- drive components. Starting and stopping are hard on
- these.
-
- 2. Allow you to rewind one tape while watching/recording
- another. A T-120 takes an annoying several minutes
- to rewind completely from one end to the other.
-
- Ed
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- Ed Smierciak, MTS
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