[MacDV] are 120-minute mini-dv tapes available?

[James Asherman]

On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 04:46  PM, Malcolm Hamilton wrote:

> Hi everyone -
> I've got to transfer 175 (approx.) Hi-8 tapes to mini-dv (archiving my 
> family movies).  It'll be a tedious project regardless, but it would 
> sure make life easier if my Hi-8 tapes and mini-dv tapes were of equal 
> length.
> As it is, most of my Hi-8 tapes are 120 minutes long.  And as far as I 
> know, the only mini-dv tapes I can get are just 60 minutes (best 
> quality).  This means I'm going to have to time everything, and make 
> sure I'm at my desk at the 60-minute point.  And check, and rewind, 
> etc., etc.
>
> Does anyone know if 120-minute mini-dv tapes are available somewhere, 
> or if they're on the horizon?
>
> By the way - I can get Maxell mini-dv tapes at a good price compared 
> to Sony's.  Are they as good?  (I'll just be recording on these tapes 
> once)
> Cheers,
> Malcolm
>

http://www.tapestockonline.com/sondv80minpr.html

That's what you want.
Have a good day Mal,
  Jim