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Steve Sickman · December 14th, 2005, 01:44 PM

Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question. I am wondering about an inexpensive solution for playback of my tapes. I don't use my GL2 for any professional endeavors, just to record our precious daughter's life. I currently use a tape rewinder to rewind the tapes, but still have to use the GL2 for playback. If I were to buy an inexpensive Mini-DV camera to just play back the tapes for digitizing purposes, would I take a 'quality hit' on the image? If not, what would you suggest I buy?

Thanks

Steve

Tustin Larson · December 14th, 2005, 01:50 PM

No, an inexpensive DV cam will work just fine. The signal is being transfered digitally from one source to another. There should be no loss of quality at all.

I started using a sony minidv cam for playback, and now have upgraded to a dv deck.

Tustin Larson

December 14th, 2005, 01:44 PM	#1
Steve Sickman Tourist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3	Playback Help Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question. I am wondering about an inexpensive solution for playback of my tapes. I don't use my GL2 for any professional endeavors, just to record our precious daughter's life. I currently use a tape rewinder to rewind the tapes, but still have to use the GL2 for playback. If I were to buy an inexpensive Mini-DV camera to just play back the tapes for digitizing purposes, would I take a 'quality hit' on the image? If not, what would you suggest I buy? Thanks Steve

December 14th, 2005, 01:50 PM	#2
Tustin Larson Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Palm Springs, CA Posts: 86	No, an inexpensive DV cam will work just fine. The signal is being transfered digitally from one source to another. There should be no loss of quality at all. I started using a sony minidv cam for playback, and now have upgraded to a dv deck. Tustin Larson