"Rory Bourke" <rorymbourke@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Hello...I previously had a jvc camcorder...On it i recorded many Sony

> Excellence Mini dv tapes...Question? can i play these tapes for editing

> purposes in my new sony trv22,in which i have never used anything different

> than sony tapes, without hurting or gumming up the Sony's heads...also can i

> re-record any of these tapes on my sony without hurting the Sony. any

> opinions will be greatly appreciated.or perhaps someone could point me to a

> previous thread...thank you...Rory in Nashville

Not changing the tape brand (ever), regardless of the

camcorder brand, is the best way to reduce the possibility

of dropouts and head-clogs. If you mixed brands successfully on

another camera, then likely continuing this will be OK (all tapes

are made by Sony and Panasonic anyway, and you may not have

really mixed different tapes, though the brands may have been

different - but if you now add a truly different tape, it may be

that this will now cause a problem...).

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