My last days before the electronics repair shop closed (24 years ago) No picture? Clean the vcr path & pix comes back $20. no repairs, ya got to wait for it, no you can't leave it' Used a wooden swab stick instead of a finger nail. Big difference from the 1980's $75 to $150. for service. Good video, keep it up...
41:06 This has the dreaded Samsung Clutch Syndrome. That slow down at the beginning of the tape was excessive. The pendulum gear clutch will die sooner than later. This is the Achilles heel of these Samsung VHS mechanisms.
Crazy how fast the rewind is on these with the tape still threaded. My Sony SLV-920HF unthreads the tape during high speed rewind until it gets close to the end, then rethreads and slowly rewinds to the leader. Seems that would save some wear on the heads. Also had the bad blue gear and sticky tape guide, but those have been repaired thanks to your videos.
@@carlsaucke9944 Yes, it's literally crazy how fast it is, because it self-destructs over time. At 41:06 you can see it slows down excessively while the capstan motor is still spinning fast audibly, just not as fast as at the beginning. It has low torque at lower RPM due to the worn out clutch. The clutch gets bypassed at around 41:30, then the tape gains speed again. This is because the clutch disc or the felt is worn out. The bypass arm used to wear out, too, it is plastic, rubs against a fast spinning plastic clutch disk, eventually it wears to the point that the clutch can no longer be switched to rewind mode, it will remain in playback mode during rewind, and the friction will literally melt it. This is the destiny of all these late Samsung and SamSony VCRs. The late Funais can fail similarly, and late Panasonics are also somewhat prone to it, but nowhere near as badly as Samsung and Funai. If someone wants to use these for high volume archiving, never use it to fast forward and rewind, only to playback. They have good picture, but the linear audio is quite trash, it's noisy and lacks low and high frequencies (rolls off at around 100Hz and 8kHz in PAL SP speed), late Funais I think have better linear audio, and their picture is not much worse, if at all. The best VCRs for archiving are probably the late Panasonics with the Z mechanism. Simple and reliable, both the picture and the linear audio are good. The 3D Noise reduction of their SVHS line can do wonders with noisy recordings, if you don't have time for software noise reduction. It's not just decreased sharpness, like how most other VCRs achieve 'noise reduction', the 3D noise reduction of my NV-HS850 suppresses really quite well both luma and chroma noise without excessively screwing up the sharpness, even on a 720p screen.
@@12voltvids Yep, it will either stall the head drum right away, or the drum will pull out a meter of tape and wrap it around itself, before it stalls. You don't have to go back to the early '80s, not even to the late '80s, I have some backcoated BASF VHS tapes from 1998 that does this. Interestingly though, some of these don't necessarily need baking to make them playable. Usually if I FF and REW them beforehand in my Orion VCR that I keep for exactly this purpose, because it does not lace up during FF and REW, they will play back fine on other machines, even FF and REW semi-properly in other machines with the tape laced up. Unfortunately, here in Europe, a lot of prerecorded movies are on BASF tape, or on German Fuji, which can have similar issues.
@mrnmrn1 BASF tape was the worst tape ever made. It appears that the germans couldn't make half decent tape either. I remember seeing a warning on, if i remember pabasonic vcr in the owners manual cautioning about using Chromium dioxide video tape which BASF was and they proudly printed it on the box. The warning went on to say that chrome tape was abrasive and would cause excessive head wear that would not be covered by warranty. I saw a few machines that were used to record daytime talk and soap operas 6 hours every day and then play them back at night. Heads worn out in 8 months and the upper drum severely worn. It was eaay to spot. First question was what brand of tape. BASF was generally the answer. Domestic tape used colbalt but the germans uaed pure chrome on their tape and exported it to us to wreck our machines.
@@12voltvids It's not mainly a BASF problem, seems like chrome was not the best idea for video tapes, although there was no alternative solution when they came up with it in the early '70s for the Philips VCR system. Ferro-cobalt alternatives were developed in the late '70s, the Japanese came out with it in around 78. I mean, the picture and audio quality is usually very good on these BASF chrome tapes, they are 'just' sticky. Their audio tapes were very good, although the early 70s to early 80s made ferric ones are prone to dry shedding if they were not stored under laboratory conditions. Their FeCr tapes just fall apart at this point, if the tape gets damaged, all the emulsion peels off in chunks, just the transparent base film remains. But their chrome audio tapes are *physically* very stable, not sticky, no shedding, great sound. BUT every chrome audio tape from any manufacturer becomes unrecordable after 25-50 years, depending on storage conditions. The original recording sounds perfect on them, but you can't make a new recording onto them anymore. Really weird phenomenon. I want to test this with some very old chrome video tapes that are physically good (not sticky). Degraded chrome tape sounds dreadful with new recording, I wonder how will they behave with video.
The old color tube sets spewed xray like crazy. I remember the old cats that would sleep on the old wood console because it was warm and we always wondered why by 6 or 7 they all had cancer. I worked around crt for 20 years but not sitting in front, usually around the back but yes I am a little concerned now.
@@12voltvidsI wonder if kids who have the older sets now will get ill from them what’s the craziest thing you found hidden in an old TV set so far not cash
My Sony SLV-EZ725 has the same mechanism as that SLVN55, I’ve had my Sony VCR since I brought it new and it’s never give me any drama. I’m in the process of converting my VHS cassettes to digital and it’s doing a good job. The mechanism and electronics inside my SLV-EZ725 are not traditional Sony, I’ve had two older 90s model machines from Sony and they both look to be traditional Sony.
You bet. Back side of nail. Hard enough to clear debris, soft enough to not damage head. Learned that trick from engineer during my internship at tv Station I did while I was in college. I originally had tv broadcast as my career choice.
Have you showcased the tiny electric screwdriver, I used the big black and decker monsters to take covers off vcrs, seems to have the torque needed to snap the never removed covers. USB charging port, better than the big plastic charging stand and batteries that wouldn’t take a recharging
I had a Toshiba one of these that I purchased from a thrift store and the auto head cleaner was smeared all over the video head, and after I cleaned it off on the television screen, there was only red black and white, and the red color was super strong when I connected anything else up to the TV at work perfectly fine. Come to find out it was the VCR, so I returned it to the thrift store and got my money back.
I got one for you. Panasonic SA AK 330 (left cassette deck "non recording feature") plays tapes, but it sounds like the speakers are covered with carpeting, the sound is so low, cleaned the head and still has low sound. Played the cassette in the right deck (recording compatible deck) and clear as a bell. Heads are clean in both decks, but one gives me low sound.
I have them all on laserdisk. The fella i mentioned that worked for Pixar was a film collector and had a couple hundred laserdisk. His parents gave me his collection after he passed as they didn't want them. Some day my kids might get their ass in gear and punch out a couple kids and then the old vintage discs will be hauled out. That is if I still have a working player.
Christ these things were a real pain in the arse, did vhs ever work for more than a month without having to take the lid off them? video rental company tapes used to completely mess up the heads, you never knew what the hell whatwas on the tape caused by a previous person.
@@12voltvids The beginning of the VHS rental business was eldorado. I remember our local rental always made a dozen copies of each movie, and would give them to us under the counter. He kept the original in case a control came up. Later, this method did not work, because the tapes had a built-in copy protection system. But we understood him even then, there was always some idiot who would destroy or damage his tape. It was often the case that those copied versions were better to watch, because he was careful who he gave them to, in fear of being reported for illegal copying.
I had to deal with the exact same mech just now. The head cleaner smeared all over the head and it wrapped itself with tape. I had to use wd40 to get the gunk off.
@@mrnmrn1 - As Dave said those larger monitors used a greater CRT anode voltage too, that could also explain the greater xray emission perfectly. Either way, the manufacturers didn't care too much about workplace health risks.
@@750kv8 I need an X-ray source to check if my geiger counter is really sensitive for it. An overdriven HV rectifier tube will probably do the trick. Then I'll test my 20" BVM, 21" iiyama and Sony professional CRT PC monitors (the iiyama is dead currently). Except for the BVM, these things could be purchased by anybody if they had the money for it, and that's probably true for Silicon Graphics monitors, too. That's why I doubt the manufacturers could get away with excessive X-ray emissions. Technically true for the BVM too, but that thing was probably priced similarly to a car, so not many consumers bought it when it was new.
Thats correct and they had a sticker exempting them from the radiation emitting device act and stating that it may not be used in a residential environment. My broadcast camera had that sticker on view finder.
@@12voltvids What is strange about this is that to produce X-rays, well above 10kV of acceleration is needed, which is much beyond what a tiny < 7" CRT needs, professional or not. And what would be the benefit of not putting the lead oxide in the glass that they use as X-ray shield in consumer CRTs? I don't think it affects the optical properties of the glass in a negative way, and most of the lead is in the neck and cone, not in the screen anyway.
Good evening Dave I have a Sony mini stereo the CD player says reading Disc then says Not disc and the tray won't open model number HD-ECL99BT the stereo says hello when you first turn it on. My name is Marvin Watkins
Panasonic NV9850 ate a tape on the air. It was the only machine I had to go to air with. My supervisor called in to find out why I was off air with the please standby slide up. I told him the only machine to go to air with ate the tape. He instructed me to carefully remove the tape and clean the machine and see if that fixed it. I did as told. Next day I was fired for doing the engineers job. We had 2 panasonic mahcines. An NV9800 and 9850. The 9800 was in the shop. Incidentally I have t hat 9800 now, and it is featured in many of my older opening logos.
@@12voltvids haha 🤣. I have the same problem here in Canvey island, Essex, UK. I'm an electrician, I'd love to go self employed but all the work here is tied up with the Masonic lodge. Not wot U no it's who u b*"'. The real truth rite there 👍😎
OMG, I am doomed. I have bad eyesight and sat for years with my nose to a 21" CRT playing games back in the day. BTW, I see that you have switched back to your old soldering iron. Whats up with that new USB one that you unboxed? Also, I need to setup an overhead camera soldering rig like you have, what model of camera is that you are using please?
@@12voltvids Thanks Dave, I assume that you are using that quality of camera because you are making these videos. I just want one for zooming in so that I can see close soldering on my screen. Have you used other cameras for this? Do you have any recommendations for a cheap cam for this purpose?
@@Kimble221i used to use a Sony hdrcx220 which also had a pretty good zoom. The hdmi connector broke, and even though I fixed it I upgraded to an FDR AX33 and now use a 53. I also have an FDR AX100. The 220 looked fine. The 22, 52 and 100 are all 4k cameras and I do shoot some stuff in 4k, but most in 1080p60
I wouldn’t even even put that tape back in dude. It just caused more problems. I said earlier earlier, please don’t put that tape back in because the gunk on it is gonna go right back on the heads he can’t play that tape again.
Terrible about the X-rays. They didn't know about the dangers of their jobs. I don't think it was all a coincidence at all. If there's a common denominator for a spike in cancers. I'm no scientist, but I try to use common sense. Try. Interesting story, and great repairs!
The industrial gear had a warning sticker that it was not in compliance with the cosmetic and radiation emitting device guidelines. If you work out in the sun all day your risks of cancer also increase due to uv radiation from nuclear fusion in the sky.
Yes right after the American express commercial showed little kids doing it. Vcrs would cone in with PBJ, cheese, kfc bones, fish sticks you name it. Custoners would be told they had to pay for the repair and they could claim it with amex as we did hit accept amex. Or they could fall amex and find a shop willing to take it on. The boss was an amex customer himself bit would not accept the card at the store due to their high fees nor would we accept their warranty program because they paid about 1/3 what we would charge. Cleaning a bgr from pbj would typically be a 90.00 bill and amex would pay 30. No thanks.
Those led cob lights make a huge difference in the sharpness - Love it
My last days before the electronics repair shop closed (24 years ago) No picture? Clean the vcr path & pix comes back $20. no repairs, ya got to wait for it, no you can't leave it' Used a wooden swab stick instead of a finger nail. Big difference from the 1980's $75 to $150. for service. Good video, keep it up...
41:06 This has the dreaded Samsung Clutch Syndrome. That slow down at the beginning of the tape was excessive. The pendulum gear clutch will die sooner than later. This is the Achilles heel of these Samsung VHS mechanisms.
Crazy how fast the rewind is on these with the tape still threaded. My Sony SLV-920HF unthreads the tape during high speed rewind until it gets close to the end, then rethreads and slowly rewinds to the leader. Seems that would save some wear on the heads. Also had the bad blue gear and sticky tape guide, but those have been repaired thanks to your videos.
Put in a basf pure chrome tape from the late 70s or early 80s and watch what happens.
@@carlsaucke9944 Yes, it's literally crazy how fast it is, because it self-destructs over time. At 41:06 you can see it slows down excessively while the capstan motor is still spinning fast audibly, just not as fast as at the beginning. It has low torque at lower RPM due to the worn out clutch. The clutch gets bypassed at around 41:30, then the tape gains speed again. This is because the clutch disc or the felt is worn out. The bypass arm used to wear out, too, it is plastic, rubs against a fast spinning plastic clutch disk, eventually it wears to the point that the clutch can no longer be switched to rewind mode, it will remain in playback mode during rewind, and the friction will literally melt it. This is the destiny of all these late Samsung and SamSony VCRs.
The late Funais can fail similarly, and late Panasonics are also somewhat prone to it, but nowhere near as badly as Samsung and Funai. If someone wants to use these for high volume archiving, never use it to fast forward and rewind, only to playback. They have good picture, but the linear audio is quite trash, it's noisy and lacks low and high frequencies (rolls off at around 100Hz and 8kHz in PAL SP speed), late Funais I think have better linear audio, and their picture is not much worse, if at all.
The best VCRs for archiving are probably the late Panasonics with the Z mechanism. Simple and reliable, both the picture and the linear audio are good. The 3D Noise reduction of their SVHS line can do wonders with noisy recordings, if you don't have time for software noise reduction. It's not just decreased sharpness, like how most other VCRs achieve 'noise reduction', the 3D noise reduction of my NV-HS850 suppresses really quite well both luma and chroma noise without excessively screwing up the sharpness, even on a 720p screen.
@@12voltvids Yep, it will either stall the head drum right away, or the drum will pull out a meter of tape and wrap it around itself, before it stalls. You don't have to go back to the early '80s, not even to the late '80s, I have some backcoated BASF VHS tapes from 1998 that does this. Interestingly though, some of these don't necessarily need baking to make them playable. Usually if I FF and REW them beforehand in my Orion VCR that I keep for exactly this purpose, because it does not lace up during FF and REW, they will play back fine on other machines, even FF and REW semi-properly in other machines with the tape laced up.
Unfortunately, here in Europe, a lot of prerecorded movies are on BASF tape, or on German Fuji, which can have similar issues.
@mrnmrn1 BASF tape was the worst tape ever made. It appears that the germans couldn't make half decent tape either. I remember seeing a warning on, if i remember pabasonic vcr in the owners manual cautioning about using Chromium dioxide video tape which BASF was and they proudly printed it on the box. The warning went on to say that chrome tape was abrasive and would cause excessive head wear that would not be covered by warranty. I saw a few machines that were used to record daytime talk and soap operas 6 hours every day and then play them back at night. Heads worn out in 8 months and the upper drum severely worn. It was eaay to spot. First question was what brand of tape. BASF was generally the answer. Domestic tape used colbalt but the germans uaed pure chrome on their tape and exported it to us to wreck our machines.
@@12voltvids It's not mainly a BASF problem, seems like chrome was not the best idea for video tapes, although there was no alternative solution when they came up with it in the early '70s for the Philips VCR system. Ferro-cobalt alternatives were developed in the late '70s, the Japanese came out with it in around 78. I mean, the picture and audio quality is usually very good on these BASF chrome tapes, they are 'just' sticky. Their audio tapes were very good, although the early 70s to early 80s made ferric ones are prone to dry shedding if they were not stored under laboratory conditions. Their FeCr tapes just fall apart at this point, if the tape gets damaged, all the emulsion peels off in chunks, just the transparent base film remains.
But their chrome audio tapes are *physically* very stable, not sticky, no shedding, great sound. BUT every chrome audio tape from any manufacturer becomes unrecordable after 25-50 years, depending on storage conditions. The original recording sounds perfect on them, but you can't make a new recording onto them anymore. Really weird phenomenon. I want to test this with some very old chrome video tapes that are physically good (not sticky). Degraded chrome tape sounds dreadful with new recording, I wonder how will they behave with video.
They all have macrovision. I remember we rented Babe in the 90's. Interesting video!
18:36 "Please sit 5 feet from the TV in a well lit room" was a common thing they told us kids growing up. No wonder.
The old color tube sets spewed xray like crazy. I remember the old cats that would sleep on the old wood console because it was warm and we always wondered why by 6 or 7 they all had cancer. I worked around crt for 20 years but not sitting in front, usually around the back but yes I am a little concerned now.
@@12voltvidsI wonder if kids who have the older sets now will get ill from them what’s the craziest thing you found hidden in an old TV set so far not cash
@@12voltvids Even the horizontal output TUBE was an x-ray hazard on those.
My Sony SLV-EZ725 has the same mechanism as that SLVN55, I’ve had my Sony VCR since I brought it new and it’s never give me any drama. I’m in the process of converting my VHS cassettes to digital and it’s doing a good job. The mechanism and electronics inside my SLV-EZ725 are not traditional Sony, I’ve had two older 90s model machines from Sony and they both look to be traditional Sony.
These are made by Samsung, not Sony.
The mechanism yes but the circuit was probably a Sony design
So you just apply pressure to the spinning head with your fingernail to unclog some of the dirt / debris?
You bet. Back side of nail. Hard enough to clear debris, soft enough to not damage head. Learned that trick from engineer during my internship at tv Station I did while I was in college. I originally had tv broadcast as my career choice.
Have you showcased the tiny electric screwdriver, I used the big black and decker monsters to take covers off vcrs, seems to have the torque needed to snap the never removed covers. USB charging port, better than the big plastic charging stand and batteries that wouldn’t take a recharging
Yes I reviewed it a few years ago.
ruclips.net/video/YLlLxEd0hnE/видео.html
@@12voltvids thanks
I liked that electric screwdriver that you used, from where did you get that?
Also great job on the machine, always good to have a sony in my opinion.
These aren't made by Sony, they are made by Samsung.
I did a review of it a few years ago.
"Some say it's a coincidence"
Yeah, right...
I had a Toshiba one of these that I purchased from a thrift store and the auto head cleaner was smeared all over the video head, and after I cleaned it off on the television screen, there was only red black and white, and the red color was super strong when I connected anything else up to the TV at work perfectly fine. Come to find out it was the VCR, so I returned it to the thrift store and got my money back.
Crazy how cheap vcrs got in the latter ending years of their history
Under 100 for a hifi machine.
The splice in the middle of the movie is no worse than watching the movie with an RCA CED disc player!!!
CED pretty much bankrupted RCA
I got one for you. Panasonic SA AK 330 (left cassette deck "non recording feature") plays tapes, but it sounds like the speakers are covered with carpeting, the sound is so low, cleaned the head and still has low sound. Played the cassette in the right deck (recording compatible deck) and clear as a bell. Heads are clean in both decks, but one gives me low sound.
Magnetized head? Ensure the azimuth adjustment screw is correct too.
34:57 Ah yes, the little mermaid II .... now I remember all the Disney "II" and "III" movies. Save me.
I have them all on laserdisk. The fella i mentioned that worked for Pixar was a film collector and had a couple hundred laserdisk. His parents gave me his collection after he passed as they didn't want them. Some day my kids might get their ass in gear and punch out a couple kids and then the old vintage discs will be hauled out. That is if I still have a working player.
@@12voltvidsdo you ever use any panasonic laser disk players ?
I have one.
Christ these things were a real pain in the arse, did vhs ever work for more than a month without having to take the lid off them?
video rental company tapes used to completely mess up the heads, you never knew what the hell whatwas on the tape caused by a previous person.
I never had that problem because i didn't rent tapes.
@@12voltvids The beginning of the VHS rental business was eldorado. I remember our local rental always made a dozen copies of each movie, and would give them to us under the counter. He kept the original in case a control came up. Later, this method did not work, because the tapes had a built-in copy protection system.
But we understood him even then, there was always some idiot who would destroy or damage his tape. It was often the case that those copied versions were better to watch, because he was careful who he gave them to, in fear of being reported for illegal copying.
What is that small electric tool you were using to remove screws on the tape canister?
Electric screwdriver.
@@12voltvidsWhen the VCR first came out they cost around $400usd
They were much higher than that. Well over 2000 00.
@@12voltvids Wow! thats very expensive.
@@12voltvids Yes, that was obvious. I am impressed with its small size. Are thet still available?
I had to deal with the exact same mech just now. The head cleaner smeared all over the head and it wrapped itself with tape. I had to use wd40 to get the gunk off.
16:56 - I heard studio monitors were exempted from consumer safety regulation, there was less or no lead in the CRT glass that would block xray.
I highly doubt this, but I have a Sony BVM and a geiger counter which is theoretically sensitive to X-rays. I will test this at some point.
@@mrnmrn1 - As Dave said those larger monitors used a greater CRT anode voltage too, that could also explain the greater xray emission perfectly. Either way, the manufacturers didn't care too much about workplace health risks.
@@750kv8 I need an X-ray source to check if my geiger counter is really sensitive for it. An overdriven HV rectifier tube will probably do the trick. Then I'll test my 20" BVM, 21" iiyama and Sony professional CRT PC monitors (the iiyama is dead currently). Except for the BVM, these things could be purchased by anybody if they had the money for it, and that's probably true for Silicon Graphics monitors, too. That's why I doubt the manufacturers could get away with excessive X-ray emissions. Technically true for the BVM too, but that thing was probably priced similarly to a car, so not many consumers bought it when it was new.
Thats correct and they had a sticker exempting them from the radiation emitting device act and stating that it may not be used in a residential environment. My broadcast camera had that sticker on view finder.
@@12voltvids What is strange about this is that to produce X-rays, well above 10kV of acceleration is needed, which is much beyond what a tiny < 7" CRT needs, professional or not. And what would be the benefit of not putting the lead oxide in the glass that they use as X-ray shield in consumer CRTs? I don't think it affects the optical properties of the glass in a negative way, and most of the lead is in the neck and cone, not in the screen anyway.
Good evening Dave I have a Sony mini stereo the CD player says reading Disc then says Not disc and the tray won't open model number HD-ECL99BT the stereo says hello when you first turn it on. My name is Marvin Watkins
Says no no disc
Great video, we need to know why you was on the "Black List" 😮
Panasonic NV9850 ate a tape on the air. It was the only machine I had to go to air with. My supervisor called in to find out why I was off air with the please standby slide up. I told him the only machine to go to air with ate the tape. He instructed me to carefully remove the tape and clean the machine and see if that fixed it. I did as told. Next day I was fired for doing the engineers job. We had 2 panasonic mahcines. An NV9800 and 9850. The 9800 was in the shop. Incidentally I have t hat 9800 now, and it is featured in many of my older opening logos.
@@12voltvids bit harsh. 👍
TV, film and the music industry is that way. It's not who you know, its who you b---.
@@12voltvids haha 🤣. I have the same problem here in Canvey island, Essex, UK. I'm an electrician, I'd love to go self employed but all the work here is tied up with the Masonic lodge. Not wot U no it's who u b*"'. The real truth rite there 👍😎
My Hitachi M528E load the vhs and shut down.....i check the mode switch...its clean.....so what to do sir???
Timing off, or bad caps in power supply.
See where it shuts off, after threating? Or before threading. Could also be a bad belt
funny I dl a 1080p copy of babe that plays out on my tv channel like yours
OMG, I am doomed. I have bad eyesight and sat for years with my nose to a 21" CRT playing games back in the day. BTW, I see that you have switched back to your old soldering iron. Whats up with that new USB one that you unboxed? Also, I need to setup an overhead camera soldering rig like you have, what model of camera is that you are using please?
The camera is a Sony FDR AX53. Mount is a home brew. I never switched from my Weller iron. I have others but I use this one on the bench.
@@12voltvids Thanks Dave, I assume that you are using that quality of camera because you are making these videos. I just want one for zooming in so that I can see close soldering on my screen. Have you used other cameras for this? Do you have any recommendations for a cheap cam for this purpose?
@@Kimble221i used to use a Sony hdrcx220 which also had a pretty good zoom. The hdmi connector broke, and even though I fixed it I upgraded to an FDR AX33 and now use a 53. I also have an FDR AX100. The 220 looked fine. The 22, 52 and 100 are all 4k cameras and I do shoot some stuff in 4k, but most in 1080p60
@@12voltvids Many thanks for the advice Dave, I went whole hog and bought a Sony FDR-AX53, looking forward to it after seeing your vids 😊
@@Kimble221 It's a great camera
Everyone has LCDs and LED TVs I have Sony portable DVD and CD player and uses an LCD display
Unless its an oled display it uses an lcd. Ccfl back lights were the reliable lcd panels. Led back lighting are not.
I wouldn’t even even put that tape back in dude. It just caused more problems. I said earlier earlier, please don’t put that tape back in because the gunk on it is gonna go right back on the heads he can’t play that tape again.
Damaged section has been surgically removed.
Terrible about the X-rays. They didn't know about the dangers of their jobs. I don't think it was all a coincidence at all. If there's a common denominator for a spike in cancers. I'm no scientist, but I try to use common sense. Try.
Interesting story, and great repairs!
The industrial gear had a warning sticker that it was not in compliance with the cosmetic and radiation emitting device guidelines. If you work out in the sun all day your risks of cancer also increase due to uv radiation from nuclear fusion in the sky.
Can’t use those tapes again
Not my problem.
Speaking of sticky...
Ever find an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a VCR?
I have.
Yes right after the American express commercial showed little kids doing it. Vcrs would cone in with PBJ, cheese, kfc bones, fish sticks you name it. Custoners would be told they had to pay for the repair and they could claim it with amex as we did hit accept amex. Or they could fall amex and find a shop willing to take it on. The boss was an amex customer himself bit would not accept the card at the store due to their high fees nor would we accept their warranty program because they paid about 1/3 what we would charge. Cleaning a bgr from pbj would typically be a 90.00 bill and amex would pay 30. No thanks.