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- From: Jay_Tobias@taligent.com (Jay Tobias)
- Subject: Re: Information on Hi8 and SVHS tape quality/dropouts
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:02:08 GMT
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- In article <1em19eINNbol@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aq456@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
- (Terry Quinn) writes:
- >
- >
- > About a week ago I spoke to one of the experts at Sony's Recording
- > Media office on video tape. I'll post some information now, even
- > though I am expecting some more literature to come from them
- > later.
- >
-
- I had a similar conversation a while back. In my case, the question came up
- concerning the use of metal particle (MP) and metal evaporative (ME) tapes. The
- Sony representative I talked to at their Recording Media office stated that ME
- was better for the initial recording but would hold up less well than MP during
- editing sessions involving shuttling back and forth and repeated playback of
- certain sections. The reason he gave was that ME would give a better signal but
- was just not as durable as MP.
-
- Does this agree with your knowledge and experience? I wonder how much better ME
- is, because it sure costs more than MP. Why not just go with MP from the start?
-