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DVCam was designed for the broadcast world back when they didn't use non-linear editing systems, they used linear editing systems with their constant back and forth tape motion. Hence they needed rugged tape and cassettes because the broadcast folks heavily reuse their tape. If you drop a DVCam cassette, it is more likely to survive the abuse than if you drop a DV cassette.
The signal recorded in DV and DVCam is identical. The only difference is the DVCam 1's and 0's each are written to a wider magnetic spot in the tape because the tape is moving faster in DVCam.
At NAB, I got a Sony tech rep to agree that there is no quality difference between the two tape formats. And it really isn't a format difference, just the physical space taken by each 1 & 0.
For normal, single-pass use, the cheapest Sony tape is more than good enough. I've bought thousands of them from distributors and never had a bad tape or a tape-related recording failure.
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Mike Rehmus
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