On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:55:57 +1000, "Barbara Waller"
wrote:
>
>Is it a bad idea to use the head cleaning tapes?

Yes, if used often. The head speed in DV is high,
and more than a couple of 5-second passes (with a
30-second "rest" between) in VCR-play mode every
20-40 hours of head time **may** be excessive
and cause undue wear (hard to get specific info
on this, though...).
David Ruether

On 09 Apr 2002 13:51:53 GMT, andyscam@aol.com (Andys cam) wrote:
>>>Once again you post with info that directly conflicts the manufactures
>>advice
>>>or any credible source!

>>?????????????????????????
>>What nonsense! The above is the best "consensus
>>info", from manufacturers and informed users.
>>David Ruether

On 09 Apr 2002 19:55:38 GMT, andyscam@aol.com (Andys cam) wrote:
>We've been here before - the last one I called you on was your idiot claim that
>earlier and later Sony MiniDV tapes were incompatable and mixing them caused
>head clogs!!! Now you are trying to sell us you are smarter than the people the
>designed and constructed your camera by dividing the recomended pass time for a
>head cleaning tape by 50%. You are an 'expert' only in your own mind, please
>stop feeling the need to be heard on every issue that comes along and make up
>some response. Your 'experience' is extremely limited and your statements
>often ignore facts. You do the DV community at least as much harm as good.

Do you practice being a jerk, or does it just come
naturally? ;-) You do tend to over-react to posts...
In the original exchange, you berate me for posting
good sense when it comes to using cleaning tapes
with DV gear - without countering with what you
recommend... When I point out that what you have
posted was nonsense (quite true, BTW...;-), you
follow with more malarky. And, BTW, yes I did ruin
the heads when switching from the old to the new
Sony tapes in a camera I use as a deck, when I followed
Sony's 10-second cleaning-tape pass advice three
times after experiencing playback problems at the
time of the switch to the new tape type. I was left
with an obviously "varnished" drum that would not
play tape, and it was replaced (no other tape brand
or version had been in the camera before having
this problem...). As it was, I reported that there
***MAY*** be a problem with mixing the two formulations.
I have not had more than minor dropouts since, when
occasionally playing older-type Sony tapes in gear
that mainly has had the newer type in it. Your
other comments are just plain "off the wall", and
need no other response...;-)