Posted by doc on 05/04/06 04:52

we use all types of "dry lub" tapes and re-use them over and over and over
in our TV production unit and find that one out of three new tapes will have
dropped frames however after used, they seldom ever produce dropped frames
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 somewhere
but we haven't found it yet on tapes that were put in service last october
2005.

jump in if someone has some input to this, cause we'd like to know when we
should stop using them???

drd

"PTravel" <ptravel@ruyitang.com> wrote in message
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> "Dan Wenz" <djwenz@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>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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