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cjacek2000 · 16th Mar 2019, 2:02 pm

It does playback the factory prerecorded tapes no problem. I am sure. It is only the recording of video that is the issue.

While I do know what healthy heads look like and am meticulous at properly cleaning the entire tape path (video heads/cylinder carefully using strips of plain white paper soaked in 99% alcohol and indeed using the horizontal direction), I will try to clean once more and try recording again on new virgin well known to be good tape and will report back on my findings.

Thanks again for your input.

16th Mar 2019, 2:02 pm	#7
cjacek2000 Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: British Columbia, Canada. Posts: 54	Re: Old Betamax records audio but no picture It does playback the factory prerecorded tapes no problem. I am sure. It is only the recording of video that is the issue. While I do know what healthy heads look like and am meticulous at properly cleaning the entire tape path (video heads/cylinder carefully using strips of plain white paper soaked in 99% alcohol and indeed using the horizontal direction), I will try to clean once more and try recording again on new virgin well known to be good tape and will report back on my findings. Thanks again for your input.