On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:11:18 +0200, "Hani Freiwat" wrote:

>I am using a DV editing recorder from panasonic, the NV-DV 10000, and I am
>experiencing about 1 -2 droputs per recording hour. I am using brand new
>tapes (panasonic, maxell) and the video drum is clean. Is this problem known
>to all DV users ? I contacted panasonic service, they claimed that these
>dropouts are due to the DV format (lower speed than DVCPRO and thinner
>track).

If you have used only one good tape brand, I would expect
fewer dropouts (maybe one every 4-5 hours or so [one small
displaced block, visible within a scene with motion in one
frame only, not a major picture disruption]). I do not know
if mixing tape brands (especially Sony with others) is still
a problem - I just don't do it... BTW, for others, an update
on mixing new and old Sony tape types: in cameras with
fairly low use, mixing these tape types has not appeared to
cause problems, though switching to the later tape type with
a heavily-used camcorder (with a lubricant "haze" visible
on the head) had an almost immediate disasterous effect,
a "terminal" head clogging...), though the camcorder had no
dropout problems before switching tape types (it clogged
to the point of unuseability within about 30 minutes of
record/play on the newer tape type).