Video Asylum

Posted by carlmart (i) on July 26, 2001 at 08:25:04

In Reply to: Re: Best tape for svhs. posted by Akouo on July 26, 2001 at 01:19:33:

Yesterday I didn't have the time to, but today I went check the latest prices you could get on S-VHS and VHS tapes in the USA. Is there where you are buying that tape?

Best prices I found till now, in the USA, is www.tapewarehouse.com. If any of you know of better places please do let us tapers know.

The lowest priced is still JVC ST120 SV at $3.84 in up to 99 quantities. Fuji ST-120 ProS ($4.26) and Maxell XRS ST-120 ($4.30) are close by and should deserve a test of them three to see which comes out best.

If you buy in the USA and can get that price for a S-VHS tape, it is not worth it going for the TDK Hi-Fi, which is $2.44 at this place. Or even less TDK HDX Pro, which is $6.08.

But there's probably ground for testing for dropout rates on these more economical types.

Unfortunately, as you say, I don't know who's testing tapes anymore.

In fact I don't think we should have another go at tape based medium anymore, if a disk based one (like recordable DVD) becomes a reality. Dropout is a real problem, as well as practicality. A disk is more durable and practical than tape, but DVD-R getting cheaper may take long.

But maybe I'm wrong and D-VHS brings more air to tape medium.

Carlos