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From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: VCR Cleaning Tape Problem (SUMMARY)
Message-ID: <591@hou2a.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 15:04:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: hou2a.591
Posted: Tue Aug 20 15:04:16 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 00:54:29 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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Well, I got a total of two responses to my
inquiry on my problem with a Discwasher VCR
cleaning tape.

One response was from Lauren (vortex!lauren)
which he posted to the net.  I know he is
adamantly against the use of any VCR cleaning
tape from previous discussions in this newsgroup.

I received the other response by mail from Ryan
Ramsey (ryan@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU). He said:

> The only thing i can think off about your problem is:   
> 
> 1> I know for a fact that video head cleaners are one of the WORST
>    things you can do for your machine... The heads in your VCR are
>    smoothly polished to 1000th of an inch... When you stick the head
>    cleaner in there, it WILL get rid of the dust  as well as
>    the quality of your heads...
 
I knew of all the warnings about VCR cleaning tapes,
but I didn't have enough confidence in myself to clean
the heads manually and probably still wouldn't have
been able to reach the rest of the tape path without
taking the VCR apart.

I also didn't want to pay to have the VCR cleaned
professionally, though it would probably only need
this every 1 or 2 years (what does this typically
cost?).

I knew enough to stay away from the products that
were abrasive (like Scotch) and the ones that used
a fluid (many others), so when I saw the ad for the
Discwasher tapes, I thought it would be safe to use.

Well, it didn't cause any permanent damage that I know
of, but it sure scared the hell out of me when I
ended up with a screen full of snow!

I've decided to write to Discwasher about the problem
to see what they have to say.  If anyone else uses
their cleaning tapes, please tell me if you've had
any problems also, so I can include it in my letter.

-- 
			Paul Kemp
			ihnp4!hou2a!pjk

       The above statements are those of the author only,
          and are not those of AT&T Bell Laboratories.