On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 04:36:37 GMT, "Schnauzer" wrote:
>"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
>news:39d56f09.7453271@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...

>> The PD100 is essentially a TRV-900 with shorter tape load
>> and XLR inputs - if you mean "VX-1000", there are comparison
>> reviews of these and others on my web page, listed near the
>> end of the "I babble" index...

>DVCAM tapes are the same length as MiniDV. Their shorter run time is thanks
>to the higher tape speed of DVCAM, not a shorter load.
[...]

Yuh got me! ;-)
The effect is the same (shorter run time), but you are
technically correct and I was not (I "mis-spoke" when
describing the shorter record time available with the
PD100, a serious drawback for my work...;-).