Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

In article , Tony Morgan
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Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

I always recommend (and use) Sony Excellence and Sony Premium.

Is there a camcorder specific question here, I've got a JVC, will JVC
tapes work better, Tony suggests Sony but is that in a Sony camcorder,
as a newbie to D.V. should we use tapes from our camera manufacturer or
is this hype?

Mike

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In message , Michael Swift
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In article , Tony Morgan
writes
Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

I always recommend (and use) Sony Excellence and Sony Premium.

Is there a camcorder specific question here, I've got a JVC, will JVC
tapes work better, Tony suggests Sony but is that in a Sony camcorder,
as a newbie to D.V. should we use tapes from our camera manufacturer or
is this hype?

A miniDV tape is a miniDV tape, whatever. And the compatibility of a
tape with a particular make of camcorder has nothing to do with the name
on their lids.

Like a lot of things in life, IMHO, you get what you pay for. It beats
me when someone saves up and pays maybe two week's money or more for a
camcorder, then spends much time searching for the very cheapest tapes
that they can find. Worse, some of these folk buy, maybe, five tapes a
year saving themselves about £10 in a year by buying cheap tapes.

What I can tell you with certainty is that I've had my TRV-30 for nearly
two years, used it a lot, but never have cleaned the heads but they (and
the rest of the transport mechanism) is clean and debris-free. Having
said that, I don't use each tape a lot because (after cleaning
up/discarding the crappy shots) I archive all my original shots back to
tape, and also archive my movie "masters" on miniDV tape. A friend (who
also uses his camcorder a lot) buys the cheapest tapes and needs to run
a cleaning tape as well as use a cotton-bud every 3 months.

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Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

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In article , Tony Morgan
writes
Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

I always recommend (and use) Sony Excellence and Sony Premium.

Is there a camcorder specific question here, I've got a JVC, will JVC
tapes work better, Tony suggests Sony but is that in a Sony camcorder,
as a newbie to D.V. should we use tapes from our camera manufacturer
or
is this hype?

I've said this here before but when I went to a JVC demo of their DV Pro
range of gear the JVC staff said the preferred tapes were....

Sony
JVC









Panasonic


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Malcolm

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In message , Hermes Conrad
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Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

I always recommend (and use) Sony Excellence and Sony Premium.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

I will second the recommendation of Sony Premium (never used Excellence as I
have a Canon XM-1)

Jason

As an appendix to the other excellent advice here (aka Siny rules!)... You
should avoid mixing tape brands (or really tape manufacturers - Fuji make
many of the brands out there). The reason to stick to one "brand" is that
there are a number of different lubricants in use, and there is a theory
that mixing these may cause more debris around the heads and drive
mechanism.

From what I have read, you should definitely avoid mixing tapes with "wet"
and "dry" lubricants. The "dry" lubricated tapes, supposedly the best to
use in humid environments, are found only (?) in Panasonic high-end DV tapes
(Panasonic Master Series, or MQ tapes).

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"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
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In message , Hermes Conrad
writes
Any suggestions for top quality mini dv
tapes,durability,degredation,re-record etc.Which is best?

I always recommend (and use) Sony Excellence and Sony Premium.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

I will second the recommendation of Sony Premium (never used Excellence as
I
have a Canon XM-1)

Jason