Hi Jodi, We have the RTI Tapechek Video Pro. It works great. Just make sure the cleaning ribbon is new. You will need to clean the sapphire blade with a damp cloth before you start using it but other than that we have had ours for years with no problems. Run a couple junk tapes through it to make sure everything is good.
You get our supplies from the vendor directly http://www.rtico.com/supplies/index.html Hope this helps Beth Traylor Media and Reserve Library, Head UW-Milwaukee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jodi Hoover" <hoov...@umbc.edu> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 9:29:33 AM Subject: [Videolib] RTI Tapechek 480 Hello all- Recently another department has turned over an RTI Tapechek 480 to the library. I found the instruction manual and manufacture's info here: http://www.rtico.com/tapechek/tc400.html and have even spotted a few for sale. I was wondering if any of you have ever used one? Apparently this one is in working condition but I am a little nervous about using it. Thanks! Jodi Jodi Hoover Digital Media Librarian Albin O. Kuhn Library UMBC 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Phone: 410. 455.2964 Email: hoov...@umbc.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
