Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

[MAVA]

Anyway to recover Hi-8 video tapes that do not play? It is not the problem of the this Hi-8 player.

Maybe someone has a trick, or recommends a player that can play these tapes.

The player I have is a Sony Camcorder TR-101, and it will not play them anymore. I just want to play them one more time to convert them to digital format.

Thanks,

Martin

[R_J]

Re: Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

Saying it won't play them doesn't explain the problem. It depends on what the problem is. An old TR-101 likely needs about 100 elec. caps replaced by now. Try playing the tapes in another unit. It is also possible they were recorded when the tape guides were out of alignment. Are there noise bands at either the top or bottom? usually bottom. If that is the case the player can sometimes be miss aligned to play the tapes so they can be copied.

[tvtimmy]

Re: Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

You can send them off to legacy box and they will convert them for you. They are very pricey though.

[nomoresonys]

Re: Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

https://www.amazon.com/Video-Transfe...1790347&sr=8-9

[MAVA]

Re: Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

Saying it won't play them doesn't explain the problem. It depends on what the problem is. An old TR-101 likely needs about 100 elec. caps replaced by now. Try playing the tapes in another unit. It is also possible they were recorded when the tape guides were out of alignment. Are there noise bands at either the top or bottom? usually bottom. If that is the case the player can sometimes be miss aligned to play the tapes so they can be copied.

Thanks RJ,

Yea..I'm in the CAP replacing business with 90's Mercedes cars. Fully aware, 100 or so surface mount caps is no easy task on thin PCBs..

You know the first few seconds of the tape near the lead-out clear section plays, and the rest goes into snowball image, yet one can kinda make out the faint image on fast forward.

I just do not want to fork-out $200-$500 USD for another played that will need caps too. If they were under $100 I may just gamble it, or just go to my " goodwill" stores and see what I find?

I will take my TR101 apart and seewhat it has...

Decisions Decisions.....

Thank you for the reply

You can send them off to legacy box and they will convert them for you. They are very pricey though.

Thanks for the reply. I will have to check them out.

https://www.amazon.com/Video-Transfe...1790347&sr=8-9

I like this. Has some reviews to it also. I found one guy locally in my area:

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cr...253422033.html

Found one guy on Facebook Marketplace for $5 a tape. but the Amazon one has some good reviews...

Thank you for this one...

Martin

[nomoresonys]

Re: Anyway to recover Hi-8 tapes that donot play?

Probably a good bet but if you want to risk a used one like you mention, there's some players on ebay for about 50 and up.