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Why VCR eating tapes?

Updated: 10/3/2023
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A wobbling take-up spool causes the tape to wind unevenly and eventually seize against the inner cassette casing. Once the take-up spool seizes, tape pulled past the reader head will be pushed out of the cassette and become entangled in the moving parts of the tape drive.

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