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In article 14285@cs.cornell.edu, karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <C0HuDw.6qy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
>>I have heard recommendation of using the rewinder instead the VCR to
>>rewind tapes.  The reason is to reduce wear on my expensive VCR head
>>mechanism.
>
>My impression is the heads will be nowhere near the tape when you
>rewind it.  I thought the reason was supposed to be to save wear on
>other parts, e.g. motors.
>
>-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
>
>
>
Correct David.  All the whining and grinding that a VCR makes when you
pop in a tape is a result of bringing the heads into contact with the
tape.  The reasons for using a tape rewinder are:

	1.	Reduce the wear and tear on the electric motors and
		drive components.  Starting and stopping are hard on
		these.

	2.	Allow you to rewind one tape while watching/recording
		another.  A T-120 takes an annoying several minutes
		to rewind completely from one end to the other.

Ed



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Ed Smierciak, MTS
NYNEX Science & Technology
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