MAXELL T-160HG High Grade VHS Video Cassette

i still use VHS to record my shows, yes i know im old fashion, i still have a VCR. if its not broken why replace it with the latest and greatest. my old 6hr tape was going out on me after many yrs of use, was looking on amazon to see if i still can get tapes and long behold they are still available =) so i picked up this 8hr tape so i can record more shows. tape is great, good quality.

I have used Maxell tapes for 30+ years so I was surprised at the exceptionally poor quality of these tapes. They are now made in Korea instead of formerly in Canada so be wary of old reviewers that give these tapes high praise. They are probably reviewing the discontinued Canadian version, which I too loved. The change in production country might have something to do with the serious decline in quality. After 1-4 uses the picture rolls on the screen and cannot be resolved with tracking controls, there are severe dropouts and the tape mechanism makes so much noise that I honestly thought that my VCR was destroyed and I would have to buy a new one. I checked some of my other new Maxell tapes (only used a few times) and most of them had the same results. I tried a TDK tape and was relieved to find that my VCR was still functioning perfectly so I threw out all of my new Maxells and am now using TDK and Sony tapes, which work just fine. I am so disappointed in Maxell but I guess they don't care about VHS tape quality anymore.

I purchased MANY of these tapes. They are ok if you want to tape something once, and then just watch it occasionally. But, if you, like me, use them to tape over and over, on a daily basis, they degrade VERY QUICKLY. They start degrading, some within 2 weeks, and others within 2 or 3 months. One or two were actually defective when I received them.If you, like me, want something that will last, this grade of tape does not seem to stand up to the test. I would recommend a HIGHER GRADE Tape.

These tapes are hard to locate because most people now have DVDs or HVR. But apparently you need High Definition TV in order for this to work. Anyway I am pleased with my Maxwell VCR tapes as they run for 8 hours and are a high grade quality.

The first of these loaded into the VCR and refused to come out. I trashed that VCR. The second one loaded into a more expensive VCR seemed to work fine (6 hrs) but after 4 uses the edge was crinkled and making noise on rewind. Again this my be my old VCR's that I no longer own as I switched to a Magnavox MDR515H DVR and no more tape plus it also burns CD's or 500 GB hard drive! (Link Magnavox MDR515H 500GB HDD and DVD-R with Digital TunerMagnavox MDR515H 500GB HDD and DVD-R with Digital Tuner