TDK 120 Minute Standard Video Tape (10-Pack)
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Customer Review: Poor Quality Tapes!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought a 10-pack of TDK tapes in April, 2005 - The boxes say: "TDK - SUPERIOR QUALITY - Standard T-120" - "VHS Standard Grade" - "Videotape for everyday and repeated use recording". The tapes that do work so far, have grainy and blurry pictures and the colors are not vivid and the sound quality is horrible and distorted. The packaging was not up to Amazon's standards. The video tapes were not wrapped or protected inside the box and this is probably why I have at least 1 broken tape (plastic on cassette broke off). They were not protected in the box at all. I'm very disappointed with these video tapes. Not sure if "TDK" is going down hill or if all the big name brand video suppliers are lowering their standards. This was the first time in a few years that I bought new VHS tapes and they have the low quality I would expect in a generic no-name brand tape. Since I need video tapes now, I was forced to order tapes from other companies. I will be trying some other brands to see if TDK's standard tapes are the only brand name tapes lowering their standards. I'm going to try some Maxell and RCA standard tapes and hope for better luck.Customer Review: Excellent tapes
Summary: 5 Stars
These are the only VHS tapes I will buy now. After a long search to get tapes that would capture bright colors without making them appear blown out, I found TDK VHS tapes.
Things I like about them:
Good color
Excellent Sound
Many re-records and playbacks without deteriorating.
I used 1 TDK tape to record Glenn Beck every evening while I was at school last year at 5PM, at the end of the semester, it was still going strong. 1 hour record then 1 hour playback every night from August to December. Deep black, bright white, crystal clear sound.
The VCR I used was a Panasonic PV-9455S on EP speed.
Another great application is VHS camcorders, I have a Sharp VC-C20U and I was having difficulty capturing good video with it until I discovered these tapes. In all it's 1986 glory, my Sharp camcorder was capturing high quality video with stereo sound just as well today as it was all those years ago.
Customer Review: Some OK, some not
Summary: 2 Stars
The price was good, but the quality variable. I ordered two 10-packs, and some tapes seemed fine, while others were defective from the start. They didn't come packaged as 10-packs, but rather were loose tapes in a box. I've already thrown out two (and missed the programs I'd taped on them), and I haven't assessed all of them yet.
I usually am very pleased with Amazon and will continue to use them, but this purchase was definitely a let down. If it had been my first, it would have been my last. Fortunately it was not a high-dollar item.
Buyer beware, and I'd say it's a good time to switch to a DVD recorder!
Customer Review: Disappointed in Amazon
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought these tapes as part of a "buy one pack of tapes from Amazon and get this TDK tape 10-pack [for a good price] from a different vendor" promotion. I assumed that the TDK tapes were covered under Amazon's free shipping offer and did not realize, until I got the receipt in my email, that I was paying the outside vendor more in shipping costs than the price of this pack of tapes. To add insult to injury, the first tape in the pack did not work. Warning to all - if Amazon says a product is from a different vendor, go directly to the other website to see what you'll be paying before you buy it through Amazon!Customer Review: Blank Tapes
Summary: 3 Stars
These TDK tapes are fine. Price was good and the fact that they were available in stock was plus--as many companies are no carrying VHS tapes. We use them as backups to our Tivo, which seems to get filled quite quickly.
Was disappointed with the Amazon shipping, however. These are normally a blister-packed 10, to a package. Ten of the tapes were put in the box as individual tapes and two of them were damaged so badly in shipping that they had to be thrown away. Hey shipping dept. . .have you heard of using plastic 'peanuts' to shield the shipment?