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Postby CobaltAngel » Sat Oct 04, 2003 2:02 pm

NOOO! I just got my favorite Sailor Moon video just got stuck in the VCR! (sobs) Its my only SuperS one and I *loved* it! Its the only Sailor Moon video I own that's worse watch more then 3 times... *sniff*
-AND- I can't just go out and buy a new one, because it'd cost too much. I'm just a poor high school student who has no money for any thing... and if I had te money I'd probably buy something I haven't seen yet... *sighs*
Anyway, I know my dad will be overjoyed to hear about this... " What? No more hair spinning action? Too bad. :lol: "

I least I know he'll be happy...
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Postby madphilb » Sat Oct 04, 2003 2:32 pm

This is one of the reasons why I'm switching to DVDs (my mom's VCR ate my copy of the Dune Mini-series from the sci-fi channel).

The other thing that is bad is like what I did a month or so back... I had put in a VCR tape of Macross Plus that I taped off MoviePlex from when I had cable, had most of the 5 shows in the AOV except for about 5 min where the digital signal dropped out. I had never poped the tab out on the tape and forgot it was in there, shut the VCR off, when to bed and when it taped Stargate for me that night at Midnight it did it right over the middle of the movies *sigh*

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Postby Macross » Sat Oct 04, 2003 2:37 pm

You could (should) try to take it to fix... and let them take your tape out....
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Postby inkhana » Sat Oct 04, 2003 2:50 pm

But she couldn't afford a new tape...no way she could afford to have the VCR repaired...:(


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Postby CobaltAngel » Sat Oct 04, 2003 3:03 pm

*sighs* Inky speaks the truth...
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Postby andyroo » Sat Oct 04, 2003 3:16 pm

A cheap way of getting out would to chisel it out. Get a flat-head screwdriver and a medium sized hammer and start hacking away at the plastic exterior. Or... You can just open the case with a Philips-head screwdriver and take the screws out. But the chisel method may work best with the rest. If you don't want to take chances look around your neighbourhood for someone who likes to takes things apart and would do it for free.
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Postby Michael » Sat Oct 04, 2003 3:43 pm

Smack it. If that doesn't work, you're screwed.
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Postby Razgriz » Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:07 pm

Actually I find that after smacking things they tend to work better for a short period of time, then break down. Take my old TV for instance...but yeah, you should find someone to get it fixed.
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Postby CobaltAngel » Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:37 pm

My dad fixed it! Thanks everybody for your tips! ^_~ I haven't got a chance to watch the whole tape yet, but I'm pretty sure its good to go. Thanks Again!
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Postby Rev. Doc » Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:49 pm

Three cheers for Dads! Where would the world be without them? Besides not having a steady cash flow that is...
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Postby Michael » Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:25 pm

Hahaha! I like that one!
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Postby Bobtheduck » Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:26 pm

Hmm... I want to be a dad...
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Postby supa dupa ninja » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:42 pm

Bobtheduck wrote:Hmm... I want to be a dad...

ooh! ooh! ooh! me too! me too!
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Postby TheMelodyMaker » Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:33 pm

I'm just wondering how the tape got stuck in the first place...
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Postby inkhana » Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:40 pm

Sometimes they just get stuck...it seems to happen suddenly and for no reason that I can easily see *has gotten a tape stuck in her VCR* I hate when that happens...:(


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Postby andyroo » Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:04 pm

Tapes get stuck especially when the VCR is really old and just about out lived its usefulness. That has happened to every VCR I've owned and usually to the point to where it can't get fixed or it's a waste of time to fix because it will brake down again.
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Postby Bobtheduck » Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:58 pm

it happens if there is residue on the moving parts, bumps or something will move the tape off track and pull it into the gears... That's why it's good to keep your VCR cleaned...
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Postby Kuroi Inu » Sun Oct 05, 2003 9:13 am

Go DVDs!!!! (silence) :)
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Postby Bobtheduck » Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:38 am

yeah, especially if you'r a moonie... you can now buy the entire two first seasons on DVD... Of course, I've heard that ADV's subtitles are pretty bad, but it will be like ten thousand steps higher than the DiC adaptation... SO, you'll at least be getting the real story, even if they fudged a few things (like they do with a lot of anime, such as Excel Saga) The great thing about DVD's is you can turn off the subtitles, so you can practice your Japanese!
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Postby Gypsy » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:01 am

CobaltAngel wrote:NOOO! I just got my favorite Sailor Moon video just got stuck in the VCR! (sobs)


That's how I felt when my The Cutting Edge tape got eaten by my vcr.
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Postby Rev. Doc » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:25 pm

Gypsy wrote:That's how I felt when my The Cutting Edge tape got eaten by my vcr.


Is that the movie about the figure skater and the hockey player that became skating partners?
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:14 pm

I don't even like VHS anymore...

although the other day, the disk loader in my DVD player got stuck (WITH one of my beloved Rurouni Kenshin DVD's). So I took the whole thing apart and fixed it. Took me under 5 minutes. (Not counting the time it took to actually take APART the machine and put it back together again).
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