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Polybox |
A cage for your parrot |
A soft plastic case to protect a single audio or video cassette. Great for use in mailings. |
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| J-Card |
A Comedian named Jay |
The folded cardboard insert found with most music cassettes, that describes the cassette and its contents. It is placed with the cassette inside a hard plastic box — called a norelco box. |
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HX Pro |
Protein drink for a
body builder |
Dolby HX Pro is not a noise reduction system; its function is to improve the performance of the tape, particularly on the higher frequencies. Tapes recorded with HX Pro can be played back on any cassette deck. |
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| Pinch Rollers |
Thief on Skates |
The pinch roller on your tape deck is a rubber roller which engages the capstan, to pull the tape across the tape heads at a constant speed. It is important to keep this roller clean to prevent slippage and tape jamming. |
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| Labels |
Your teenager's vocabulary |
Method of identifying cassettes by printing information on self-adhesive paper. |
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Imprinting |
What you almost did to that cat on the freeway |
Used instead of labels, it involves printing the identifying information directly onto the cassette shell. |
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| Frequency Response |
What to check for in
your teenager |
A measurement of the range of frequencies a tape is capable of reproducing, such as 20 to 20,000 Hz. |
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Color Bars |
What you see after spending too much
time in one |
The television industry's standard reference for calibrating levels and phasing of original recordings. Color bars are generated electronically and accompanied by a 1KHz audio reference tone. |
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 C-0 |
Lowest rating on the
Nerd scale |
The plastic housing that the audio cassette tape is loaded into. Invented by the Phillips Corporation. An empty video cassette shell is called a V-0. |
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| Shrinkwrap |
A new
weight loss scheme |
A clear plastic film that shrinks tightly around a product when heated, to protect and seal it. |
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| Noise Reduction |
Teacher entering the classroom |
An electronic method of reducing unwanted tape noise or hiss. Dolby B is the most common type used. |
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Turnover Statement |
A pastry that speaks
for itself |
Put at the end of side A of an audio cassette to tell the listener when to begin listening to the other side, side B. |
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