[MacDV] Mini DV tape brands

[Kim]

Norm,
the place I have been getting tapes online has been 
http://store.yahoo.com/protape/minidvtape.html. I noticed the tape 
price here is cheaper than your site but the shipping cost is more. 
Both seem to be very close. Thanks for the web site.

Eric
On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 03:11  PM, Norm Lamoureux wrote:

> Gregg,
>
>         I went
> here:http://tapestockonline.com/pan60minmin.html and
> got good prices on Panasonic. I have had good luck
> with them as well.
>
> Good Luck,
> Norm L.
> --- Gregg Gorrie <ggorrie at telus.net> wrote:
>> on 3/5/05 6:22 AM, Kim at
>> kphillips3 at rochester.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>> I have been using Panasonic consumer mini DV tapes
>> with no problems for
>>> several years. I am needing to buy some more tapes
>> and have been doing
>>> some price shopping. The local BJs has Fuji tapes.
>> To get cheaper than
>>> the BJ price I need to buy 20 or more Panasonic
>> tapes online. I would
>>> rather not buy 20 tapes at once. Does any one have
>> an opinion on the
>>> quality of the Fuji vs Panasonic consumer tapes?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>
>> I've been using Fuji tapes with my Sony Digital 8
>> camcorder for a few years
>> now ... no problems at all (would imagine the tape
>> formulation is the same
>> on the Mini DVs). One thing to mention - and I'm
>> sure you'll get lots of
>> postings on this - is that some people recommend
>> <not> switching between
>> brands of tape, as it purportedly can cause problems
>> with the heads on your
>> machine (the reaction to mixing different tape
>> formulations).
>>
>> I have flaunted this rule however, using mostly Fuji
>> tapes, but also have
>> several Sonys, TDKs, and Maxells in the mix, and so
>> far I've had no problems
>> (knock on wood) with well over 100 hours on the
>> camcorder. But it is
>> something to consider.
>>
>> -- 
>> Gregg
>>
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