Sticking with one tape stock--MacDV Digest #3554

[Ted Langdell]

Ted Langdell
Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
Marysville, CA

I've been following that advice for some time, now.  The Maxell tapes 
seem to work well for me.

One of the other things related to tape stock has to do with "wet" and 
"dry" lubrication.

There was a lengthy thread in this forum a couple of years ago in which 
a poster outlined problems he had when he used a different brand of 
tape briefly, and what happened (or didn't happen) when he tried to get 
info from manufacturers about the tape's lube style.

Ted.

On Aug 7, 2004, at 5:35 AM, Macintosh Digital Video List wrote:

> Message-Id: <28D34666-E7D0-11D8-A17B-000A959A05AA at mac.com>
> From: Benjamin Ing <vbing at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [MacDV] Re: -Digital8 to MiniDV conversion-MacDV Digest 
> #3552
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:43:43 -0700
>
> Unfortunately, I have standardized on using Sony Mini-DV tapes. A lot
> of the opinions that I have heard think that it is best to stick with a
> single brand of tape in order to minimize the wear from different
> patterns of different brands of stock in order to maximize picture
> quality and longevity.
>
> On Aug 5, 2004, at 8:43 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>
>> By the way, Sam's Club has a 6-pack of Maxell Mini-DV's for $19 and
>> some change.
>
>
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