On Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:11:21 GMT, purefoods_hotdog@my-deja.com wrote:

> so if you record on a mini dv tape that's already been used to record
>stuff, do you lose resolution? or for optimal quality should you use a
>new UNUSED blank tape.

It's digital; it's either there, or it isn't...! ;-)
There is no quality difference with different tapes,
used or not, short of issues of permanence and drop-outs
with different tapes. If you keep things clean and
dust-free, reusing good Mini-DV tapes should not be
a problem...