Re: SONY 'S' Mech VCR Tape jumps out..?

On Mar 7, 7:23 am, "JANA" <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Normaly, with these VCR's we used to replace the complete tape loader, also
known as the elevator. We also replaced the pinch roller, belts, and
cleaning sponge at the same time.

blimey. talk about the shotgun approach! I'd hate to be one of your
customers with one of them! ;-)
and as for those stupid head cleaner sponge pads , you'd do more of a
service by yanking the damn things out!

Generally speaking, parts for your VCR are getting scarce. I would not be
surprised if original parts are no longer available.

Maybe where you are, but i have no problems in Europe ordering many
parts like belts idlers etc. It's not that bad just yet.

I would suggest replacing the VCR with a combination DVD/VCR, and
transferring your tapes to DVD's. In short time, VHS tapes will be very
difficult to find.

Again, I hardly think this catastrophic vision need concern us too
much, with the millions of tapes and machines around, there'll be lots
for decades to come. And as for recommending a dvd-vcr combo -
uuughhhh...scourge of the junk consumer electronics field!

I have tapes which have survived close on 3 decades and optical media
which is unrecoverable, so personally i wouldn't recommend dvd for
archiving. it is too unreliable.
-B

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