On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:11:21 GMT, Craig Busch
<clbusch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I have used and played Hi 8 and Super VHSC tapes and
have never had one
>go bad to the best of my recollection. I played a few MiniDV tapes that
>I recorded on during the last year or so. There was quite a bit of
>break up on 2 of the tapes-especially towards the
beginning- say 3
>minutes or so. It is almost like a digital effect trying
to scramble the
>picture. In one
of them several minutes into the picture I started
>getting the sound dropping out. Luckily I kept the Super VHSC tape
>masters of these events that happened before I got a
miniDV camera and
>was able to rerecord them to another MiniDV tape and the
tape looks
>fine. The tapes that went sour on me are Sony Premium
tapes and haven't
>been played that much.
They are stored in a proper area.
>
>It might be the camera, but some of the tapes I have
record and play
>fine in the camera.
>
>Is it possible I picked up a bad batch of tapes? Or is
there a better
>tape to use? I'm
thinking about just using Sony Excellence unless I can
>figure this out.
>I would appreciate your help here.
>Thank you
Have you been mixing tape brands? This can cause
head-clogging... Otherwise, Mini-DV tapes stored
rewound, upright, and in even, moderate humidity
and temperature conditions should last a long time...