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I always said the policy should be: Do Not Rewind After Viewing Do you see the wisdom? That way everyone must rewind before they view! |
I never rewound my personal tapes. It made them last much longer. If you look at a tape that has been played all the way to the end through the little window, you'll see how smooth the wind is. If you look at a tape that has been rewound, you could see the edges of the tape were uneven. For long term storage it was definitely better to have one played to the end.
It was also a good idea when you first watched a new tape (or first used a tape before recording on it), to fast wind it to the end, then rewind.