G'day Denise,



06 Oct 96 09:17, Denise Webber wrote to Rod Gasson:



 DW> When I get this new VCR what is the best way of keeping the heads

 DW> clean

 DW> a cleaning tape or what?



The "or what" generally does a better job than a headcleaning tape.

It has been my experience that headcleaning tapes only work when the

heads aren't dirty ...



Contrary to popular belief, dirty heads DON'T cause a 'slight loss of

picture quality' -  When your heads get dirty it usually happens

suddenly, and you basically lose the entire picture (it looks like you

are viewing the tape through a snow storm.  When this occurs, 99% of

the time none of the headcleaning tapes will have any effect.



Video heads are pretty much 'self cleaning' anyway -  the same

abrasive action that wears heads out will tend to keep them clean.



If you have a clear/watchable picture your heads aren't dirty.

If you do ever get dirty heads (snowy playback picture), they will

often clear themselves simply by leaving a tape playing in the

machine.



Cheers,

Rod



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