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Alex Coleman
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:24 pm    Post subject: Erase before recording onto tape? Reply with quote
Does it make any noticeable difference to erase a cassette tape
before recording onto it?

What about in the case of video cassette records where the recording
density is quite high?

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Todd H.
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Erase before recording onto tape? Reply with quote
Alex Coleman <coalie@nomail.com> writes:
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Does it make any noticeable difference to erase a cassette tape
before recording onto it?

What about in the case of video cassette records where the recording
density is quite high?

It can in cassette and video. More so if a given unit's erase head
isn't terribly beefy.

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Mike O'Sullivan
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Erase before recording onto tape? Reply with quote
Alex Coleman wrote:
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Does it make any noticeable difference to erase a cassette tape
before recording onto it?

It would probably be beneficial if you use a bulk eraser, rather than
just recording over the existing material.
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Arny Krueger
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Erase before recording onto tape? Reply with quote
"Alex Coleman" <coalie@nomail.com> wrote in message
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Does it make any noticeable difference to erase a
cassette tape before recording onto it?

Depends. There have definately been some cassette machines
that couldn't fully erase a tape when recording over it. One
source of problems is the narrow tracks.

Quote:
What about in the case of video cassette records where
the recording density is quite high?

Never saw that problem with VCRs. I time-shifted vigorously
with VCRs up until this year, which involved reusing tapes
until they physically broke.
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