TDK DVM Digital Video Cassettes are designed for maximum performance in digital video (DV) camcorders and VCRs. TDK DVM cassettes utilize an advanced pure cobalt thin-film evaporated tape with a special DLC Diamond-Like Carbon protective layer to achieve a resolution of 500 lines - 100 lines greater than the resolution offered by standard Hi8 and S-VHS recording. To ensure excellent running stability, DVM tape is housed in a high-precision mechanism within a tightly enclosed, anti-static cassette shell.
1 They're just mini DV tapes, buy em already!
Whattya wanna know? They're tapes, they're priced well and they work in your mini-dv camcorder. Stop reading all these posts and buy em already!
2 Great deal
You'll have to search pretty hard to find a better deal than this. I should know, cuz I did, and wound up picking up these bad boys. Basically, a great quality miniDV tape, at a heavily discounted price, and FREE SHIPPING......Can't go wrong with that combo!!!
3 Excellent quality at a fair price
If you have a digital camcorder you'll need lots of tape. The new camcorders are so easy to use and small enough to take anywhere that you must remember to carry extra tapes. These tapes are also small enough to allow you to easily carry additional tapes. TDK always makes a reliable product and these tapes are another good example of TDK quality. I've used the same tape again and again with no obvious degradation of quality. My video (with an inexpensive camcorder) is clear and crisp. The tapes that I use repeatedly are holding up fine. Overall I'm really pleased.
4 Is 500 lines a drawback?
My camcorder records 540 lines per frame, so can someone tell me if the 500 lines mentioned for these tapes make it not suitable for my camcorder.
5 A good Deal
This is a good Deal if you can get it with Free Shipping.
I shopped around elsewhere and typical cost is twenty bucks. I had purchased a good quality Sony tape 3pk for twenty bucks in Best buy.
This is an ME (Metal evaporated) tape. ME tapes are of good quality and were the kind reccomended by my camcorder manufacturer (Sharp). The tapes I got were Red colored packaged instead of Green as shown above. I was looking for the ME sign and i found it on the side of the tape.
6 bargain buy
These MiniDV 3-pack tapes are good quality and at a price i couldn't beat anywhere. If you're looking for a MiniDV tape without memory at a reasonable price, get these.
7 It's a tape and a tape ...
What do you expect from a tape where digital information is recorded on? That it records the digital infromation! Yes, the TDK tape is capable of doing that exactly like so many other miniDV tape brands. Since anlog video, there are other measures to be taken under consideration. The digital video standard miniDV pretty much determines the amount of information being stored on the tape (also called the entropy), other aspects appear: drop-out-rate (the coating of the tape might not be consistent among thte total length of the cassette), lifespan, 'tape-eating-camcorder'.
Be cautious, since every DV tape must meet the DV standard (one of the system inherent features), you have to evaluate a tape by extended features than picture quality.
The bottom line is, again: the TDK tape is fully capable of dealing with digital miniDV video, my Canon MZ 50 camcorder did not eat one of the three! Let the price decide...
8 Great tapes!!!
I originally wanted to purchase the Fuji 4 pack, but they had none in stock in Amazon. Considering I had a gift certificate I looked for the best price for the most amount of tapes. I saw these tapes (considering they were tax free, unlike those from [local store]), and for the amount they had (3) these were the best deal for the price. The picture quality is great, and when I re-record on the same tape there is no visible reduction in picture or sound quality! I recommend these tapes to anyone with the camera fit for it (500 lines of resolution). When I bought these tapes there were no reviews, so I was apprehensive thinking that these tapes might have some problems. You can rest assured that these tapes are just as good as any other.
9 Good quality, good price!
That about sums up what you need in a MiniDV tape. And don't forget Amazon's amazingly quick delivery on these types of accessories.
