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From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Fast forward and rewind on Beta VCRs
Message-ID: <8279@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 15:00:30 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.8279
Posted: Thu Jan  9 15:00:30 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jan-86 07:54:25 EST
Reply-To: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales)
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Two questions on "fast forward" and "rewind" operations on Beta VCRs,
in light of the fact that Beta machines keep the tape wound around the
video heads all the time while the cassette is in the machine:

(1) I have heard that it was a good idea to fast-forward and rewind a
    brand-new cassette before using it.  Among other things, this sup-
    posedly reduces "shedding" of oxide onto the heads (by shaking the
    loose stuff off the tape right from the start, or something like
    that).

    Considering that a Beta cassette is going to run by the heads any-
    way during fast forward and rewind, is it still a good idea to do
    this kind of thing on a Beta machine?

(2) When I bought my new Sony VCR recently, the salesman tried REAL hard
    to get me to buy a separate "tape rewinder".  I had never heard of
    such a thing, couldn't see the need for it, and thus declined his
    ardent pleas :-}.

    What is a "tape rewinder"?  Considering that the VCR already per-
    forms this function, why would anyone need a separate rewinder?
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