On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:07:35 -0330, "Chris" wrote:

>"Don't change brands of tape"? I must have missed this. Somone care to
>reiterate as to why not? As I can't see it being an issue myself, unless the
>switch is from good tapes to piece of shit tapes... of course, I doubt there
>are many MiniDV tapes that are that are as low grade as low grade VHS?

??????????????
This appears on average about once a week on these NGs...
Apparently different types of incompatible lubricants used
may "gum up th' works". If the original poster in this
thread would indicate whether or not he *now* has a problem,
having mixed tapes, that would be interesting data to
add to the pile (the manufacturers are mum on the subject,
but there have been reports of serious problems from
users...).