Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 01/10/59 11:36

webpa wrote:
> Sorry. I was forced to stop reading your essay when you described
> "oxide particles" on DV tape. AFAIK, there is NO oxide coated (miniDV,
> DVCPro, etc) tape. It is all coated with a film of evaporated metal
> (among other things).

You are correct, all DV tape is metal evaporated. I'm sorry you were
"forced" to stop reading. The density of particles was the focus of
the point I was making, not the formulation although you are correct in
pointing out my error. It would have been more correct to say "density
of particles" which applies to all tape.

However, DVCPro is NOT metal evaporated. It is metal particle. While
this may or may not be an oxide (I'm going to check) it is
distinguished from traditional oxide tapes (betacam non-sp, VHS, etc.).
Regardless it is not ME.

I am going to check and see what the actual chemical designations are.
My understanding that the differences lie more in the production
process than in the chemical designations but I am going to
double-check.

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