Q–I would appreciate your advice on do-it-yourself demagnetization of VCR heads. When picture and sound deterioration occurred with my 4-year-old VCR, I used a wet-method video head cleaner tape with ...

Here’s a solenoid motor you can build from a VCR head and some common components. It uses an LED and a light sensor, paired with an LM311 comparator to manage the switching of the motor. As the head ...

Your parents are visiting for the weekend. After a pleasant dinner, everyone gathers in the family room for a video home movie. You turn on your TV and VCR, pop the cassette into the slot and hit the ...

Use shampoo on your head. Use 3M’s Scotch VCR Head Cleaner Plus on your heads. Death, taxes and dirty VCR heads are certainties, but if you use brand name tapes you can postpone the last one. Most ...

The VHS VCR has now passed from widespread use, and can thus be found as a ready supply of interesting parts for the curious hardware hacker. [Clewsy] has a novel use for a VCR head scanning drum, the ...

I haven't had a VCR in my house in years and years. We have been DVD only for more years than I can remember. If I had a VCR though I would totally be gutting it right now to make this jog wheel ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 1st, 2003 - Buy Maxell VCR Head Cleaner (VP-100 Dry Type) DVD ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Early in his engineering career, Rohit de Sa faced a painful reality ...