Would I need to clean off a dusty vhs to have it play properly
04-14-03, 02:34 PM
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Would I need to clean off a dusty vhs to have it play properly
When helping my mom clean out the excercise room, I found the old E.T vhs tape with the green tab at the end. I want to play it to see how it looks but it is very dusty all around the tape, do you think I should clean it off or just play it. (in this version the mother says "I do not want you going out like that" instead of using "terrorist" in the original and "hippie" in the 2002 version). And I think one of the mods said that vhs discussions went in other talk.
With the time it took you to write this post you could have simply just dusted the tape off!
04-15-03, 04:08 PM
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When in doubt, wipe it out....
Yeah, by the time you read these posts you could've washed and detailed it by now.
Dust is bad. Dust can clog moving parts and contaminate play/record heads on VCRs. But even without that, stop and look at the logic. What mechanical devices are you aware of that perform better with dirty products than clean ones? I can't think of any.
Yeah, by the time you read these posts you could've washed and detailed it by now.
Dust is bad. Dust can clog moving parts and contaminate play/record heads on VCRs. But even without that, stop and look at the logic. What mechanical devices are you aware of that perform better with dirty products than clean ones? I can't think of any.
04-15-03, 05:32 PM
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I played it last night, it worked fine but the quality is nowhere as good as the dvd, in terms of both sound and video quality (the video I think has been played once in the 13/14 years since we got it.) Its a bit dark and for once, a remix in dts sounds superior to 2.0 surround.
04-15-03, 05:51 PM
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And with that, "The Mystery of the Dusty VHS Copy of E.T.", came to a close.
04-16-03, 01:33 AM
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Originally posted by Rypro PG-13
...worked fine but the quality is nowhere as good as the dvd, in terms of both sound and video quality
...worked fine but the quality is nowhere as good as the dvd, in terms of both sound and video quality
Isn't that true for about 99.99% of DVDs when compared to VHS counterparts?
That's kind of like saying "my 35mpg car generally uses less gas than my 17mpg SUV."
Terrorist!! 