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Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 06/20/06 00:58
Bob A wrote:
> Gary,
> LOL. It never ceases to amaze that the people that acknowledge that
> they have NEVER even used LP have so much to say about it!! The most
> dire warnings and insults come from people that are clueless in terms
> of actual experience. I have 7 cams/decks that all play DVLP tapes
> recorded on any other one. Of course they are all Sony, who has
> unquestionably the highest standards of original alignment. All bets
> are off with any other brand in the mix.
> As equipment ages and wears the risk increases, of course, of
> recordings at any speed having playback problems. Unfortunately Sony
> factory service is no guaranty that the person servicing your gear will
> give a crap about the quality of the repair. (personal experience with
> a VX1000 that took 4 returns to get it aligned properly and a full size
> deck that has been back twice and still is won't play its own
> recordings in SP)
> I use LP every weekend doing 1, 2 or 3 rock/blues bands and if the
> patrons are really rocking the band will delay its break till as long
> as 1 and ½ hours between sets, instead of the normal 45 minute sets.
> The only alternative is to use a DSR 250 or 300 but space is always at
> a premium so using a large cam often isn't convenient or possible.
> Dropouts often show up in the audio before the video when heads are
> beginning to fail, so if your cam is high mileage you may be seeing the
> warning signs that a head replacement is due.
I believe that the Sony authorized shop replaced the head drum, but they
apparently didn't know how to align it with the tape like the factory does.
The main reason I thought it was a maintenance error was that the glitch
shows up most times in only one frame of audio. If it were faulty tape,
or a circuit board, or dirty heads, seems it would be whole bunches of
frames, not just one. One thing I know is that the audio is the last
thing recorded in the digital track. The video is protected, but the
audio is right on the edge of the tape. I just want to know what is
happening - a missing bit of data or what?
Lucky Eickmeier
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