"joe at salerno dot com" <captaincapstan@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:YFtHb.8761$lo3.3894@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...

> The info my dealer gave me is that both come from the same batch, Excellence

> is from the center of the tape, Premium from the edge. Tape is manufactured

> in large sheets, then slit.

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> Joe Salerno

This is not likely correct. This is the practice with

some Hi-8 tapes ("pro" tape being the same as

the "amateur", but from a better part of the stock),

but unlikely in Mini-DV versions, which have different

specs...

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com