HOTPROPHET69
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Aug 26, 2007, 2:24 PM
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Playback works perfectly for a few seconds, then image dies
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Hi peeps, I have an old Beta machine which I have a problem with. I'm trying to make her run properly so I can record all my old home videos onto my pc with a professional digital recorder I have. I have been everywhere trying to pinpoint the problem, yet no one seems to have a clue. So this is it... 25% of the tapes work perfectly, i can;t find anything in common between them, all different ages and brands, some home video movies, some professionally recorded movies. The other 75% all give me the same problem... the image will work perfectly for about 5-10 seconds, the sound will diminish gradually, then everything goes blank, the tape is still playing and everything looks tight in the VCR. But if I push fast forward or rewind for half a second, it'll work for another 5-10 seconds. This problem had started 15 years ago when i decided to go with VHS, never bothered looking into it till a month ago. Can anything guess what this is? It almost seems like the tracking, but the image remains stable till it just suddenly blanks out with the sound
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