alt Hacker NewsMy experience with tapes does not match yours. I've seen both audio and VCR tapes unspool by playing or trying to remove them from the player.
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usefulcat • last Tuesday at 5:31 AM
I grew up in the 80s, and was a prolific user of both video tapes (mostly VHS) and cassette tapes. I can't recall ever having a tape get eaten by any deck, either video or audio.
Not saying it never happens, but if it was common I absolutely would have encountered it many times over.
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whycome • last Tuesday at 4:47 AM
That must be an issue with the player
I estimate renting over 1200 VCR tapes in my lifetime, and I've never had one unspool. The cassette problem was common enough that fixing it with a pencil was part of the zeitgeist, but I can't remember anything like that for VHS.