Posted by kohlrabi_croce on 06/23/07 15:21

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:16:05 +0100, Vic Thomas <vic@psion.net> wrote:


>
>You cannot judge tape quality on a BVV-5, it is an aquisition device
>and has NO form of dropout compensation whatsoever.
>The black lines you see are is (are) dropout, you will see that on a
>brand new machine with the cleanest tape you can find. You need a
>proper playback machine to judge record quality.

well....but I used to be able to play it on the bvv-5 and watch it
through the viewfinder, without the black lines. That's
about the best I can do right now, as the whole capture
sytem is not up and running.

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