Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 01/11/26 11:48

> It's just that the myths are all on one side.

You're pretty close to right. They are mostly myths about Macs that
aren't ture.

> When you first showed up here, I thought you might be able to bring
> something to the table. For example, I thought your experience might
> bring some real informed information about differences in tape. But
> though you promised to get solid data, all we got from you is
> "everybody uses it." Not particularly useful.

If you go back and read the archives of what I said about tape you'll
see that I had a lot of the available data and either you or someone
else dismissed it as "manufacturers' hype." The specifications ALL
come from the manufacturers, not some independent testing lab. I
provided quite a bit of data but it seems to serve your purpose to tell
half-truths and ignore what I brought in. Saying all you got is
"everybody uses it" is simply not accurate. I never said THAT, and I
certainly didn't say ONLY that.

To add to the prior discussion, I am attempting to gather what other
information I can from both of the major manufacturers to see if there
is any data of use. The most common spec we used to refer to in
analong, average dropout/min is not in any of the materials I've ever
received. It is my opinion that this is more critical in digital than
ever before.

> Like the guy says on Sprokets on Saturday Night Live ,"your story has
> become tiresome."

What I find on these newsgroups is that once I express an opinion on
one product that someone doesn't like it taints everything else I say.
That's tantamount to the conclusion that if your mechanic votes a
different political party than you do the he doesn't know how to fix
your car.

I have never tried to hide the fact the personally, I prefer Macs. At
the same time I have never based PCs or their users and repeatedly
stated that their are applications for which I would buy/use PCs.
There is nothing wrong with having a preference.

As for tape data, I am culling information in my spare time (hah!) in
the hopes of adding something significantly more substantial to the
discussion as soon as possible.

Sorry you find me tiresome. I guess you can killfile me. Boo hoo.

Craig

http://www.pro-tape.com

Adobe - Apple - Avid - Canon - Digidesign - Fuji - Panasonic - Pioneer
- Plextor - Sony

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