"One" advantage of Digital 8

[Frank Marshall]

Hi Sillyname,

This kind of pickin' on I can take...

To answer your question, I don't know anyone by the name of Steven Spilberg

But seriously, I'm just "a" Frank Marshall.

Cheers!

[This message has been edited by Frank Marshall (edited 14 September 2000).]

[Sillyname]

Trying to surpass the Digital 8 vs miniDV post!!!

[A_BIT]

Moving tape over heads at faster speed has always been asociated with higher quality

-Anthony

[Meek]

Well, never seen a D8 picture, so I am not debating that. But to tape speeds: Because the DV tape is, as said superior to Hi8 tape, D8 [i]requires[i] the tape speed to be higher. With a lower quality tape you have to have bigger space for every bit. Also, as the Hi8 tape is wider, the "real" tape speed between the tape and the rotating video head is also higher, so there is more space for each bit also in that direction.

Just by looking at the numbers you can not say which approach brings better results.

And yes, ME tapes are essential fo DV format tapes... maybe Canon thinks D8 is "impractical". At least I do...

M.

[Michel Carleer]

Only helping Sillyname.
It is silly, isn't it?
Michka