Newton's First Law (as applied to VCR's)

[pogo]

"Every object remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force."

This means, among other things, that the spool of tape in the cassette will not begin to unwind (nor will the VCR's video head begin to spin) until the motors start running.


And they will not be at optimum speeds for recording for some time AFTER the motors have started - it's called inertia!

So -
1. When using a VCR to record, press the "Record" button about 5 seconds BEFORE the start of whatever you wish to record.

2. When playing back something on a VCR, leave 5 seconds before you expect a really good, stable image.

3. When recording from one VCR to another, there will be 10 seconds of wasted time. Life can be tough, but suck it up and learn to count to 5 before pushing various buttons (which is good advice in any number of fields of activity ;) )

- pogo, tired of fuzzy zooming shields...

p.s. - I must admit defeat. I have a tape from Hell which cannot be copied by my DVDR985 - even re-duping it on the dupilcator does not remove the little lock when that particular track comes on.

"Life is a toil, and love is a trouble
Beauty will fade and riches will flee
Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
And nothing is as I would wish it to be..."

[B Mode]

[QUOTE=pogo]"Every object remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force."

This means, among other things, that the spool of tape in the cassette will not begin to unwind (nor will the VCR's video head begin to spin) until the motors start running.


What's a VCR? Just kidding Pogo, good tips for those who didn't already know! ;)

[nakak]

good tip, Pogo.

When I copy tapes for trade, I usually just wait until the cartoon before the cartoon I'm copying to about a frame before it fades to black (usually depends on a tape, though)