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Originally Posted by DonRotolo
Someone brilliant at Ampex wondered why they had to move the tape so fast - instead, they moved the tape head past the tape very fast, using a rotating drum to 'stripe' the tape at a diagonal*. It worked, and made Ampex THE tape company for quite a long time.
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I always wondered why the heads in a VCR were tilted, and why they spun. (The short answer is
here.)