Posted by P.C. Ford on 12/23/07 17:36

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:28:53 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:

>"Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "P.C. Ford" wrote ...
>>> As I understand it, the threading count is the number of _times_ a
>>> cassette has been inserted.
>>>
>>> My former partner in a camera refused to learn how to use Final Cut
>>> on
>>> his new Mac with a Cinema display. He preferred instead to do tape to
>>> tape editing by bouncing tape between two cameras.
>>>
>>> The threading count was very high.
>>
>> I've seen many pieces of equipment with "threaded hours",
>> but never "threading count". Can you give an example
>> of where this can be found?
>
>Well, I downloaded the PDF manual for the camcorder,
>and INDEED it does keep a *count* of tape threadings
>rather than the "threaded hours". I would be fascinated
>to know why they think that the number of threadings
>is significant and the threaded hours is not.

Well, I guess a high threading count would indicate use as a deck like
my sh!thead former partner insisted on doing.

By the way, another interesting point in this regard:
After I started to have drop-outs on the aforementioned camera, I had
the head replaced. When I got it back the hour numbers were changed
significantly. Some up and some down. I called the repair place and
the guy said that the hour meter can bounce around on its own.

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