Posted by Bill on 04/05/06 16:14

Ah-- that makes sense to me (as to why, when the camera is stationary,
there doesn't seem to be a problem). Except possibly that an initial
image seems to be recorded accurately...

Anyway, I've taken it to an authorized dealer to have it checked.
Should know for sure in a couple of days, or at least what the repair
facility wants me to know.

mmaker@my-deja.com wrote:
> Almost certainly it's dirty or broken heads recording corrupt data on
> the tape. I suspect the reason you only see if when you move the camera
> (or something moves through that side of the picture) is because the
> codec is trying to hide errors by re-using the last valid data for that
> part of the frame: which, if nothing is moving, will be almost
> identical to the correct data that was lost.
>
> Mark
>

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