On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:14:29 GMT, Abrasha <abrasha@abrasha.com> wrote:

>Neuman - Ruether wrote:

>>

>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:48:27 +1000, "John"

>> <knight_js.nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>

>> >I am wondering about whether it's worth paying the extra money to buy the

>> >Sony Excellence MiniDV tapes (instead of the Sony Premium MiniDV tapes).

>> >The Excellence tapes cost twice as much as the Premium tapes.

>>

>> Actually, not that much more at discounters like

>> taperesources.com...

>Not that much more?

>

>at taperesources.com:

>Premium $4.49 in quantities of 20

>(http://www.taperesources-store.com/store/prodinfo.asp?number=DV60P-S&variation=&aitem=2&mitem=6)

>Excellence: $7.59 in quantities of 20

>(http://www.taperesources-store.com/store/prodinfo.asp?number=DV60-S&variation=&aitem=4&mitem=6)

>

>You call that not that much more? It's almost 70% more expensive.

>

>Abrasha

>http://www.abrasha.com

It is only $3.10/tape more expensive...;-)

Obviously you don't remember the days when

EX was the only thing available, was $15/tape,

and was IMPOSSIBLE to get except during brief

"windows" of time when Sony supplied it in

the US (we practically hocked the house to get

enough tape to carry us 8 months or so [trusting

we could buy it again within six months or so...]).

$7.49/tape seems "dirt cheap" for 1-1.5 hours of

high-quality easily-obtained recording medium

even now, and I eagerly pay it for mastering

tapes (and for most other purposes...;-).