Damaged miniDV tapes

[Gordon B. Alley]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:31:46 -0500, aixa at mac.com wrote:
>I seem to have bad luck with DV.  Several of my tapes are damaged.  I'm
>getting the horizontal bars across the picture.  These tapes are
>between 1 and 3 years.  I store them in ziplock bags to keep the
>moisture out, but it doesn't seem to have helped.  What's the best way
>to store the footage, other than burning it onto a DVD?

When I got horizontal bars when playing a miniDV tape, the bars 
disappeared after I used a cleaning tape.

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