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Posted by PTravel on 04/24/06 16:24
"Dan Wenz" <djwenz@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:4b47jmF10291fU1@individual.net...
>I need to stock up for a vacation trip in May, and I have a choice between
>Sony's DVM-60EX and DVM-60PR. The PR is cheaper, so I'm wondering whether
>there's any reason to buy the more expensive tape. Any comments, anyone, as
>to whether you can tell the difference on a non-HD TV?
It's digital -- there's no difference in video quality. The concern is how
well the tape will hold up to flaking, which results in drop out, and
coercivity, which can effect archival characteristics.
I'm strictly an amateur, but I always use Sony Excellence, rather than the
less expensive formulation. I don't re-use tapes -- after they're recorded,
I transfer the video to my computer and then the tapes get stored in a cool,
dark, dry place. In the hundreds of hours that I've shot, I've never had a
single drop-out.
It all comes down to how important is your video to you. If you don't mind
the possibility of a drop-out, or you don't intend to access the video you
shot years, or even decades, down the road, then go with the cheap stuff
(the Sony cheap stuff, that is). If you want to ensure that your video data
is preserved, then go with the Excellence.
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