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Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/04/06 18:53
Specs wrote:
> "Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
> news:1146757624.404380.183080@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
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>>doc wrote:
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>>>we use all types of "dry lub" tapes and re-use them over and over and
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> over
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>>>in our TV production unit and find that one out of three new tapes will
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> have
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>>>dropped frames however after used, they seldom ever produce dropped
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> frames
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>>>and thus, we open a new tape, record to it anything, rewind and record a
>>>show . . and again, and again, and again. i'm sure there's an end
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> somewhere
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>>>but we haven't found it yet on tapes that were put in service last
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> october
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>>>2005.
>>>
>>>jump in if someone has some input to this, cause we'd like to know when
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> we
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>>>should stop using them???
>>>
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>>Doc, I'm confused. You say they seldom if ever produce dropped frames
>>but before that you say one of the three new tapes will have dropped
>>frames? Could you clarify please?
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>>Craig
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>>http://www.pro-tape.com
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>>Mini DV Tape from $1.95
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> Still waiting for your data...
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> I bet a simple fast forward and rewind to re-tension the tape would work
> the same.
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>
I thought he was saying that he has seen as high as 30% DOA, but if the
tapes do not drop frames during first use they last almost forever.
In the old days it was recommended that any tape be fully rewound before
use as a kind of stress relief treatment.
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