View Full Version : miniDV tapes: "HD" and "regular" the same?


Jackie Morton
December 26th, 2008, 10:58 PM
The local store sells "HD" miniDV tapes for 3x the price of "regular" ones, but claims they're 100% identical. Could someone please explain how this works: are all miniDV tapes the same?

Edward Carlson
December 27th, 2008, 12:14 AM
HD is more prone to drop-outs (so I've heard) so the "HD" tapes are les prone to them, or something. In my opinion, it's just marketing.

Richard Gooderick
December 27th, 2008, 03:33 AM
Hi Jackie
Here's a thread that might help:
Which tape to use (revisited) - The Digital Video Information Network (http://www.dvinfo.net//conf/showthread.php?t=127906&highlight=kind+tape)