olsonbock623
Active member
I've searched these forums and decided I have a fairly specific question so I made it a new thread (please don't shoot me).
My dvx has about 20 hours on it, and I'm already having the blinds effect when trying to play back footage, which I guess means I was unlucky and the heads got some dirt on them already. Sometimes the footage actually blanks out even though the timecode keeps going, which is weird. I sent my mom to the closest video store that carries professional/prosumer video equipment to get me a panasonic cleaning tape while I was at school, and they only stock sony cleaner tapes which cost almost $20, so she bought two. Apparently, they insisted it was a very high quality tape. So I'm wondering whether I should go get my money back and order a panasonic cleaning tape online or whether using the Sony would be fine. (I use panasonic MQ tapes in my dvx.)
My dvx has about 20 hours on it, and I'm already having the blinds effect when trying to play back footage, which I guess means I was unlucky and the heads got some dirt on them already. Sometimes the footage actually blanks out even though the timecode keeps going, which is weird. I sent my mom to the closest video store that carries professional/prosumer video equipment to get me a panasonic cleaning tape while I was at school, and they only stock sony cleaner tapes which cost almost $20, so she bought two. Apparently, they insisted it was a very high quality tape. So I'm wondering whether I should go get my money back and order a panasonic cleaning tape online or whether using the Sony would be fine. (I use panasonic MQ tapes in my dvx.)
