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Review on ๐Ÿ“ผ Rare Ambico VHS Rewinder: Hard-to-Find Classic Device (Discontinued by Manufacturer) by Charles Barney

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Worked great for three years, then broke

Mine broke after 3 years of moderate use. I believe this is commendable in today's cheap and replaceable world. In 2007 I bought a VCR to reduce wear and tear on my VCR. (I like to record TV shows from time to time, but I don't like recording for this DVD - old fashioned VHS tapes easily store 6 hours of material, DVDs only 2; rewinding VHS tapes on a VCR will sooner or later become the Rewind mechanism failed, so videotape needs to be rewound). This rewinder has rewound tapes better than Mary Katherine Gallagher, the character Molly Shannon in Superstar (you'll remember her short-lived comeback on Blockbuster). then he started coughing up the tape before it was rewound. So I started putting a medium-weight book on the winder (Webster's Dictionary) and it rewound reliably for about another year. Finally one day I plugged it in, put in a cassette and nothing happened. Like the work of Mary Katherine Gallagher - and like Blockbuster itself - this Ambico videotape rewinder doesn't last forever. Maybe there is no such thing as long rewinding of VHS tapes. This lived 3 years 4 months and then died. work, and like Blockbuster itself, the Ambico VHS rewinder won't run forever. Maybe there is no such thing as long rewinding of VHS tapes. This lived 3 years 4 months and then died. Work, and like Blockbuster itself, Ambico VHS Rewinder won't work forever. Maybe there is no such thing as long rewinding of VHS tapes. This lived 3 years 4 months and then died.

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