On 18 Feb 2002 09:10:13 -0800, bcarwell@us.ibm.com (bob carwell) wrote:

> Thanks GB. A timely note of interest in this discussion: just got
>my latest copy of Videomaker magazine. In it is an article on this
>very thread, and the author recommends "blacking" a new miniDV tape,
>e.g. recording the full tape with lens cap on and a dummy plug in the
>audio jack to stripe it with time code

Wel, jes' goze t' show thet yuh jes' kaint bee-leev
awl yuh reedz inna mag-a-zeen...;-)