On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 18:50:13 -0000, "James" wrote:

>Does it really matter re-recording on Mini DV tape? Some people say that
>you loose quality when you re-record over previous footage. With analogue I
>can understand this, but does it really matter with digital?

Not much. The recorded quality is equal, though dropouts
can sometimes be more obvious (instead of seeing bits
of the previous frame, duplicated in the frame with the
problem, you may see a bit from the previous recording).
For the most part, good-quality used Mini-DV tapes
recorded on a clean camera show no problems with several
reuses - though for critical work, I use fresh tape...