Camcorder I have a camcorder that is showing these blue lines across the screen when i play the tape can someone please help me with this I do not have the money to replace it or fix it and if i can do it myself that would be great. Any help would be wonderful thank you for your time

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Uh oh... Try cleaning the heads?

Posted on Sep 15, 2007

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