[lug] 8mm video vs. data tapes

[Holshouser, David]

I've heard the same.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viggy [mailto:LittleViggy at alum.manhattan.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:53 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] 8mm video vs. data tapes
> 
> 
> I dunno, but I do know that the reverse is possible.  I 
> grabbed some 8mm 
> data carts that we were going to throw out here at work, and 
> use them in my 
> 8mm camcorder.
> 
> The only thing that I would worry about when using 8mm 
> camcorder tapes in a 
> data drive is the tape quality.  My understanding is that 
> tapes that fail 
> the "data" test are then tested for "camcorder" quality...  I 
> could be 
> wrong, however...
> 
> Viggy
> 
>  > Greetings,
>  >
>  > Does anyone know if I can successfully use 8mm video tapes 
> in an exabyte
>  > tape drive?  My reasoning that this is possible is that 
> the drives are Sony
>  > camcorder drives, or at least they used to be.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Chip
> 
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