Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!albert From: albert@ucbvax.ARPA (Anthony Albert) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Picture distortion on playback Message-ID: <9113@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 00:59:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9113 Posted: Wed Jul 17 00:59:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:22:13 EDT References: <468@sftri.UUCP> <1462@shark.UUCP> Reply-To: albert@ucbvax.UUCP (Anthony Albert) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 28 In article <1462@shark.UUCP> davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams) writes: >In article <468@sftri.UUCP> mom@sftri.UUCP (Mark Modig) writes: >>I am having a problem with playing back pre-recorded tapes of movies >>from one particular company............ >> >>------------------ >>|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| <-- bent sharply to the left >>|||||||||||||||||| >>|||||||||||||||||| <-- normal >>|||||||||||||||||| >>------------------ >> > >The condition you describe is called "flagging". It is generally caused >by improper tape wrap during recording or playback. The tape is pulled >away from the hub before the recording head has had a chance to >fully pass by. I would say that a more likely reason is the older model television. I recently had a 1972 RCA TV which bent on some tapes but not on all; after replacing it with a new monitor, NO tapes show picture bending. This question is raised often in Video magazines, and this is the reason usually given for the phenomenon. -- Anthony Albert ..!ucbvax!albert albert@ucbvax.ARPA