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Juan Parmenides · September 22nd, 2008, 05:48 AM

Hi all,
I have a little dude with tapes for my Canon XH A1. I can buy at my local store a JVC M-DV63PROHD tape for a good price, or a more expensive option like the Sony DVM63HDV. I believe that Sony is a very good tape, but I am afraid of wet lubrication. And, by the way, I have been using the Pana AY-DVM60FE, a cheap tape, in my HV30, HDV recording, fifteen tapes or so, and no one drop at the moment. Tapes used only one time.

Any experience with JVC? Information welcomed.

Regards.

John B. Nelson · September 22nd, 2008, 06:20 AM

A couple years ago we bought a cheap camcorder from Walmart, and with it a 6 pack of JVC-DVM60ME tapes. Well the camcorder was junk so we returned it but we kept the tapes for some reason. Anyway those tapes been sitting on the shelf all this time so I decided to try them with the A1. I went through 3 tapes so far, no dropouts.

-John

Juan Parmenides · September 23rd, 2008, 12:55 AM

Wow, very interesting info.
Thanks.

Tom Hardwick · September 23rd, 2008, 01:55 AM

Whatever you do Juan, I'd suggest this. Choose a tape brand and stick with it. Don't go mixing Sony, TDK, JVC, Panasonic and so on inside the delicate tape drive mechanism.

Juan Parmenides · September 23rd, 2008, 04:59 AM

Thank you very much, Tom.
I agree with you. For me, as an easy way to get miniDV tapes at the local market, the JVC 63HD PRO is a good option, and I am going to stick with it. But, if in the futures I had to change brand, i.e., to Panasonic, I have read that using a head cleaner tape is mandatory.
Anyway, I suppose your suggestion is about a certain tape has his own "footprint" and changing to another tape (another footprint) can affect the contact with the heads.

Thanks again.

September 22nd, 2008, 05:48 AM	#1
Juan Parmenides Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canary Islands Posts: 54	Another tape question Canon XH A1 Hi all, I have a little dude with tapes for my Canon XH A1. I can buy at my local store a JVC M-DV63PROHD tape for a good price, or a more expensive option like the Sony DVM63HDV. I believe that Sony is a very good tape, but I am afraid of wet lubrication. And, by the way, I have been using the Pana AY-DVM60FE, a cheap tape, in my HV30, HDV recording, fifteen tapes or so, and no one drop at the moment. Tapes used only one time. Any experience with JVC? Information welcomed. Regards. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon HV30; Nikon D300; Nikon D200; Sony Vegas Pro http://www.juanparmenides.com

September 23rd, 2008, 12:55 AM	#3
Juan Parmenides Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canary Islands Posts: 54	Wow, very interesting info. Thanks. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon HV30; Nikon D300; Nikon D200; Sony Vegas Pro http://www.juanparmenides.com

September 23rd, 2008, 04:59 AM	#5
Juan Parmenides Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canary Islands Posts: 54	Thank you very much, Tom. I agree with you. For me, as an easy way to get miniDV tapes at the local market, the JVC 63HD PRO is a good option, and I am going to stick with it. But, if in the futures I had to change brand, i.e., to Panasonic, I have read that using a head cleaner tape is mandatory. Anyway, I suppose your suggestion is about a certain tape has his own "footprint" and changing to another tape (another footprint) can affect the contact with the heads. Thanks again. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon HV30; Nikon D300; Nikon D200; Sony Vegas Pro http://www.juanparmenides.com

September 22nd, 2008, 06:20 AM	#2
John B. Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bradford, PA Posts: 67	A couple years ago we bought a cheap camcorder from Walmart, and with it a 6 pack of JVC-DVM60ME tapes. Well the camcorder was junk so we returned it but we kept the tapes for some reason. Anyway those tapes been sitting on the shelf all this time so I decided to try them with the A1. I went through 3 tapes so far, no dropouts. -John

September 23rd, 2008, 01:55 AM	#4
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Whatever you do Juan, I'd suggest this. Choose a tape brand and stick with it. Don't go mixing Sony, TDK, JVC, Panasonic and so on inside the delicate tape drive mechanism.