wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (10/25/84)
The November 1984 issue of Consumer Reports says the following on page
661 (upper right-hand corner) regarding head-cleaning tapes for VCR's:
Following the instructions of both the tape manufacturer
and the VCR manufacturer, use the head-cleaning tape just
once. (Frequent use of a head-cleaning tape could damage
the heads.)
I am confused.
I have a Discwasher VHS cleaning cassette, and nowhere on the tape or
the instructions on the box is anything said about using it only once.
In fact, it says to stop using it when contamination can be seen on the
tape (or words to that effect).
If anything, I would expect the manufacturer of a head-cleaning cassette
to tell you to replace it SOONER than necessary, for two reasons:
(1) They wouldn't want a VCR owner to think (rightly or wrongly) that
their brand of head-cleaning tape damaged his recorder's heads.
(2) They'd make more money by encouraging people to spend $20 to $30
more often.
Is it in fact unsafe to use a head-cleaning cassette more than once?
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Rich Wales
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I have an ALLSOP 3 VCR cleaner. The instructions say "It is recommended
that the cleaner be used every 30 to 50 hours of playing and/or recording".
I've followed this recommendation now for over 2 years and my VCR plays
as good as it ever did.
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Eduardo Krell UCLA Computer Science Department
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