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Video Tapes in Belize
Your tapes will self-destruct here in Belize.
VHS Tapes in Belize are subject to a strange malady; they grow mold. This
mold covers edges of the tape, and when you put one of these moldy tapes in your
VCR, the mold transfers to the VCR heads, and renders them inoperable.
Furthermore, when you put a different tape in the VCR, the mold transfers from
the VCR heads to this other tape. ZOUNDS!
What's the solution? You can
clean your VCR (sometimes) with a VCR headcleaning cartridge. These are
cheap, but they don't always work. You can take the VCR apart and clean
the heads, altho I haven't been able to successfully do this myself yet.
(More when I can.)
A tape cleaner. There is a
tape cleaner available, and I will have one of my own soon. They are not
widely available, but I found them on the internet at prices ranging from $35 to
$55US, and I have someone bringing one down.
Convert your Movie Collection to DVD.
If you have the money, get a DVD CD-Writer and convert all of your beloved old
movies to DVD before you come. This will cost you thousands, but what's it
worth to be able to watch Rio Bravo or Young Frankenstein whenever
you want? And of course, all the new tapes you buy shouldn't be tapes!
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