Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 07/11/06 15:13

>
> We're not disagreeing about that. My question is this: how often, in duping
> from a DV tape, are there data failures that cannot be corrected exactly as
> they are for computer files? I've never heard anything other than, "so
> rarely that it's not a concern."
>

In the good old days of analog tapes were typically rated with the
average number of dropouts/minute. I haven't seen that in DV or
DVCAM - we don't have literature to start with but they also only
seem to compare to each other, for instance "DVCAM has 50% less
dropout than consumer DV" or something like that.

I'm going to check with the manufacturers and see if they actually
reveal any of the typical dropout counts.


Craig

http://www.pro-tape.com

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