80-min mini-dv tapes

[Paul Knight]

I have been copying  the contents of two 60 minute tapes to  Canon 80 
minute tape to make masters for copying to VHS.  I am not aware of 
any noticeable degradation of either sound or image quality on the LP 
version.

At 3:29 PM -0800 11/2/04,  Malcolm Hamilton wrote:
>I can't seem to get 80-minute Sony mini dv tapes here in Canada, but
>I can get 80-minute Fuji mini dv tapes, for $8.68 (Cdn.) each.
>1.  If Fuji a good brand?  Comparable to Sony?
>
>2.  I want to record in LP mode, which will give me 120 minutes
>record time.    will recording in LP mode mean loss in  quality?


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