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Re: Tips on a "big" purchase
Oops! That one nearly slipped by me. I don't have anything against the hard drive camcorders so long as it records the information in DV and NOT Mpeg-2.
However, there is a subtle advantage with tape: It can double as your master archive. Simply store your tapes somewhere and pop in a new one. Once you run out of room with a hard drive recorder, you'll have to overwrite it to record more material. Whether that is a big deal or not is entirely up to you.
I saw a JVC (I think that was the brand) that had a "hard drive" approach, no disk and they really touted that.
However, there is a subtle advantage with tape: It can double as your master archive. Simply store your tapes somewhere and pop in a new one. Once you run out of room with a hard drive recorder, you'll have to overwrite it to record more material. Whether that is a big deal or not is entirely up to you.
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