Hi Dvers

Simple Question Are all mini DV tapes compatible with each other?

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

I now have the Insurance money.

Do I have to buy a Sony to make sure my old Sony recorded Mini DV tapes
still work.

All recorded at normal speed i.e. not long play. I.e. If I buy a Panasonic
or Canon Mini Camcorder will they play the mini dv Tapes recorded on my old
Sony/
I guess the answer should be yes. Are there any Camera Shops that would let
me try one of my tapes in other camcorders?

Thanx for any advice

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:56:56 GMT, "JimboSlim" wrote:

Simple Question Are all mini DV tapes compatible with each other?

Yes. All tapes and devices with the Mini-DV symbol should work
interchangably.

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

Sorry to hear that. Barcelona seems to be a hotspot - I know a few
people who've had problems there. I've been myself and had no
trouble, but I was being extremely vigilant!

I now have the Insurance money.

Yay! New toys!

Do I have to buy a Sony to make sure my old Sony recorded Mini DV tapes
still work.

No - the only problem might be if the heads on your old camcorder were
out of alignment, which would mean that your recordings won't play
properly on anything.

Are there any Camera Shops that would let
me try one of my tapes in other camcorders?

Most camera shops should be happy for you to do this. If they're not,
question why.

Hope this helps.

HVB.
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Hi Dvers

Simple Question Are all mini DV tapes compatible with each other?

Simple answer - Yes.

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

I now have the Insurance money.

Do I have to buy a Sony to make sure my old Sony recorded Mini DV tapes
still work.

All recorded at normal speed i.e. not long play. I.e. If I buy a Panasonic
or Canon Mini Camcorder will they play the mini dv Tapes recorded on my old
Sony/

The only exception to the above response is where you've recorded in LP
- in which case a recorded LP tape is only guaranteed to replay properly
in the *same* camcorder that it was recorded in (i.e. Not make model,
but individual camcorder).

I guess the answer should be yes. Are there any Camera Shops that would let
me try one of my tapes in other camcorders?

Jessops are usually helpful in that respect.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

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Tony Morgan Kissed me, Licked me, then
left me a note:

The only exception to the above response is where you've recorded in LP
- in which case a recorded LP tape is only guaranteed to replay properly
in the *same* camcorder that it was recorded in (i.e. Not make model,
but individual camcorder).

I played back a MiniDV tape recorded using LP Mode on a panasonic cam,
in my sony cam which surprised me, as i've heard of problems with
recordings in LP Mode.

Sometimes you can, but it's not to be relied on. IIRC a lot of camcorder
manuals warn you about this.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

Tony Morgan wrote:

The only exception to the above response is where you've recorded in
LP - in which case a recorded LP tape is only guaranteed to replay
properly in the *same* camcorder that it was recorded in (i.e. Not
make model, but individual camcorder).

Why is that? What is it about LP that makes it less than ideal?


--
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writes
Tony Morgan wrote:

The only exception to the above response is where you've recorded in
LP - in which case a recorded LP tape is only guaranteed to replay
properly in the *same* camcorder that it was recorded in (i.e. Not
make model, but individual camcorder).

Why is that? What is it about LP that makes it less than ideal?

I have no idea *why* - just that it *is*. It may play, but it is likely
to be noisy even if it does replay in another camcorder. If you have a
look at your camcorder manual, chances are that it will tell you so
there. Also, in-camcorder dubbing cannot be done with LP recorded tapes.
And Sony recommend that if you *do* use LP, you only use Sony Excellence
or Sony Master tapes.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:42:57 +0100, Tony Morgan
wrote:

Why is that? What is it about LP that makes it less than ideal?

IIRC, the basic reason is that LP is reading/writing the same amount of data
onto a smaller piece(length) of tape. Errors of any sort - data, head alignment
and/or tape defects - are all magnified. The camera software will, I suspect,
have built in error correction routines for things like head alignment which are
marginally incompatible with other cameras.

Stuart

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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:34:24 +0100, Stuart McKears
wrote:

IIRC, the basic reason is that LP is reading/writing the same amount of data
onto a smaller piece(length) of tape. Errors of any sort - data, head alignment
and/or tape defects - are all magnified. The camera software will, I suspect,
have built in error correction routines for things like head alignment which are
marginally incompatible with other cameras.

I suspect the first half of your reply is accurate. The second half
is fanciful.

In message , Laurence Payne
writes
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:34:24 +0100, Stuart McKears
wrote:

IIRC, the basic reason is that LP is reading/writing the same amount of data
onto a smaller piece(length) of tape. Errors of any sort - data, head
alignment
and/or tape defects - are all magnified. The camera software will, I suspect,
have built in error correction routines for things like head alignment
which are
marginally incompatible with other cameras.

I suspect the first half of your reply is accurate. The second half
is fanciful.

Indeed. Record LP video on one particular model, and then replaying on
another identical model camcorder can be problematic. I hardly think
that they'd have different software (firmware) across a single model
production run.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:34:24 +0100, Stuart McKears
wrote:

IIRC, the basic reason is that LP is reading/writing the same
amount of data
onto a smaller piece(length) of tape. Errors of any sort - data,
head alignment
and/or tape defects - are all magnified. The camera software will,
I suspect,
have built in error correction routines for things like head
alignment which are
marginally incompatible with other cameras.

I suspect the first half of your reply is accurate. The second half
is fanciful.

But they do, otherwise any pre-recorded tape would have problems
(regardless of tape speed or make!

IIRC it's called something like tracking and has been automated for a
good few years now....