On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:57:12 GMT, "Fred" wrote:

>Just an opinion, but I think it was a nasty rumor. I own a VX-1000 purchased
>in '96 along with
>some Sony tapes which have to be the "old" formula if one exists. After that
>I bought only Panasonic tapes
>and mixed them repeatedly. No clogged heads ever - just occasional droputs
>from obviously
>inferior Panasonic tapes.

I suspect the drop-outs are not a result of the
Panasonic tapes being inferior, but are a result
of the incompatibility problem... People who
have used only Panasonic mini-DV tapes in their
VX-1000s appear to report little drop-out problem...