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HDV Tape Comparison
I work for a small TV Production company, and often order the Tape stock. We record using a Sony Z1E. We always buy the Sony PHDVM tapes and have so far had no problems at all.
It was recommended to us by a video dubbing facility that we could use Standard Mini DV to record HDV on and there would be no difference in quality.
He have tested 2 much cheaper Mini DV tapes and have had no bad experiences so far.
We want to ensure quality is the same and reliability is very good e.g. no drop-out.
Has anybody else had much experience with this? Bad/Good?
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5 Replies
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I use Sony Excellence for my DVX 100 and my Canon A1, so far not one problem.
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You may find this interesting, it is a pecis of a lecture that was given at this year’s video forum in London:
HDV & DV Myths
Andy Benjamin, DV Mentor, BBC DV Solutions
Myth 1
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“Myth 2 – Using the Z1 in HDV mode produces higher quality results for SD delivery.
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I had dropout issues until I stuck with the Sony HDV tapes.
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I found this paper quite interesting, the bit about tapes in particular as it confirmed my own experience. The only dropout problem that I experienced in 100 or so ‘standard’ tapes was with the the one HDV tape that I had!
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