White Flashing Comets On Screen

pipdawg | 09:34 Wed 18th Jun 2014 | Technology

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I've bought a Toshiba combi recorder (Harddrive, DVD and Video player) to transfer home videos to DVD. The video tapes are 20+ years old. It's working a treat EXCEPT when I play the video tapes there are small, white, horizontal lines flashing on the screen. They look a bit like small comets. I've been told this might happen because I'm watching a video tape on a 42" telly. Unsurprisingly, the white flashes also appear on the DVD after the transfer process. Any advice on how to get rid of them?

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you cant it a poor vhs tape or very worn

just a thought, did you clean your tape heads on the vhs machine before playing the tapes,?

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hi ivor - it's a brand new machine so I didn't think it was necessary

It's your tapes, they are old and worn.

afraid they just seen like very worn tapes, the age makes no difference ive got some that age they play ok, like vhs quality usually play

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thanks for the advice - best get them onto DVDs before they deteriorate any more

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