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problems with old VHS-C tapes

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I have many old VHS-C from the days when I was married and my kids were little. I would like to re-record them onto other media, and have been having problems with recording or previewing them. Many of them seem to be sticky as an example. Even after fast-forwarding and then rewinding them using an adapter for a standard VHS player, I still notice they seem to often stop at a certain point while watching, sometimes at different points if I rewind and try again.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Sure I'm different, I use tubes!

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clean - Joe Murphy Jr 08:35:41 04/07/11 (0)
What are you using for VHS-C playback? Perhaps the machine or camcorder that you are using to play them back is in need of cleaning. Back in the days of tape, Radio Shack used to sell, and may still do, some different formula tape solutions. One solution was for cleaning pinch rollers and capstans. Another was for lubricating the metal items so that the tapes would be less prone to sticking and picking up the oxide from the cheap and shitty tapes (mostly the FeO2 types). You can also use denatured alcohol and a Q-Tip to do the cleaning or even one of the "wet" type VHS or VHS-C cleaners. If you're using an adapter, it is possible that it's defective.

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