On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:20:21 GMT, jimbrodie@myna.com (jbrodie) wrote:

>I have been shooting DV with a VX-1000 for the last three years. Over
>the last six months I have noticed that I am seeing more drop-outs,
>usually three or four per roll whereas before I rarely saw them.
>
>The VX-1000 has been well maintained, and the transport mechanism was
>replaced recently because dropouts were suddenly appearing after
>playback.
>
>I am now finding the dropouts are occurring again eventhough I now
>play the tapes from a DSR20 DV deck.
>
>Is quality control slipping on DV tape because of the demand to
>produce so much for the mushrooming consumer market?
>
>I'd be interested in hearing from other VX-1000 owners.

It is commonly considered unwise to mix brands of
mini-DV tape - head clog can occur.
I'm curious whether you stuck with one brand of tape
over the first 2.5 years, then recently used a couple of
other tapes...

>Question Two:
>
>For all of those VX-1000 owners, have any of you had to replace the
>heads yet? What did you notice before you needed to replace them?

Not yet for me, but I'm interested in the answers to
this question, also...