Argh!!

[valis2]

A tape is stuck in my VCR!

I think one of the mechanisms that "pops" the tape out has finally given up.

It makes me sad. The VCR was a gift from an ex-fiancée. It's been part of my life for ten years. It is a great VCR. Or...it was a great VCR.

I'm so bummed. I love my sweet VCR...it has been a nice companion for ten years. It is still in terrific shape, excepting the part about the tape imprisoned within.

Just had to RAWR there. Thanks for listening.

Comments

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

(plays funeral dirge to vcr)

I understand...my vcr has been with me since I first went to universtity...we're talking the first degree...back in 1994. Yup...and I still have it! Lived through many a failed romance, my son attempting to mail things in it, and all sorts of moves where it was banged around. Soon departing to my new home in May.

I think I will have heartfailure when it goes...they really don't make them like they used to.

BTW: What tape was it?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

they really don't make them like they used to.

Exactly! *sigh* This was such a great VCR, and now I'll have to buy the $10 budget econ-o-VCR...

The tape had an episode of House on it, and I was going to record the new episode of House over it. Thank goodness it wasn't the Black Swan...I was watching that a couple days ago and I would have been really upset. Not available on DVD, after all.

[randomspectator.livejournal.com]

Couldn't you...erm...open the flappy bit and kind of gently 'encourage' the tape out with something, maybe a fish slice/large wooden spoon thingy? (i'm not so hot on ktichen implements, heh.)

It's a risky business I know, but my VCR has had several stuck-tape related incidents, and by poking around and shaking it a bit I've not had to let it go to that great corner-of-the-living-room in the sky yet.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

This is the first time it's ever not released a tape. I've tried just about everything I can try, and I think that it is a mechanical failure. It usually makes two noises when it spits out a tape; a clack as it releases the protective plastic shield on the tape, and a whir as it brings the tape up. It is not making the clack noise any longer, and I fear that the releasing mechanism has worn out.

I'll be playing with it more tonight to try to figure it out, but I think it might be hopeless.

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

Will it still play the stuck tape? Have you tried play then eject in rapid succession? What am I saying? Of course you have!

I'm inclined to go along with the person who suggested the sticking-something-in-and-wiggling method.Or how about the gravity method? Tip it upside down and give it an encouraging shake?

I kept my old VCR for ages after it finally died. Why? It had been a constant back in the days of chaos. Sad, eh?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

IT WORKS!!! I am taping something right now!

w00t!!!!!!!