<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 15, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Sam wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Yeah, Sony tapes can be a problem, tends to clog heads on most other machines, especially if you use a couple of different tape brands. Sony does not play well with others. I saw a thread a few years ago how the different tape formulations can interact with each other. Best to stick with one brand, I've used hundreds of Panasonic tapes without a glitch on any cam corder or dv deck.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Most of the pros around here use them, but I think the key is to pick one brand and stick with it.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sam</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Less true than it once was.</DIV><DIV>Regardless I get tapes from different shooters and on different brands and my deck has to cope. The JVC didn't cope.</DIV><DIV>My experience is that the Panasonic tapes are way more likely to have disastrous dropouts than the sony.</DIV></BODY></HTML>