🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello Netters,

		I have a bit of a broblem with my VCR, although I do not
know if the problem is with the VCR ot the tapes. I recenly purchased
a SVHS Panasonic VCR and a couple of months down the track it started 
recording with such a large ammont of noise there was almost no picture
left (PANIC). I took it to a service centre and described the problem to
them, and they agreed to take a look. In the mean time (during the time
that my new VCR was being serviced), my other VCR (an old model Sharp)
which has been very reliable over the years, develop an identical problem.
Coincidence? I did not think so. So I opened it up and found a lot of tape
material on the head, and after cleaning it everything was back to normal.
I then traced the tapes most likely responsible (as they were the only
ones I was using during that time), and found that it was my brand new
TDK EHG tapes which I purchased in a 2 pack. This led me to think that
perhaps TDK made a bad batch (as this is the first problem that I had with
TDKs), so I noted the batch code to make sure I do not get tapes from that
batch. My new VCR came back and the service person told me that there was
nothing wrong with it and that he cleaned the heads anyway. Relieved I thought
that my problem was solved. However, yersterday it returned, and I am using
TDK tapes with a different batch code.
	What I would like to desperately find out is whether it is likely
that TDK is making a lot of faulty tapes lately, or is it possible that my
new VCR somehow manages to lossen the surface of the tape so that magnetic
material is able to come off (as this would explain the same problem with
my older VCR). Please, any feedback would be grately appreciater.

Thanks in advance,
			Remek.
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** Remek Lipinski   :  remek@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU                              **
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