[SBE] Betacam tape types

[Frank Felker]

The BCT tapes are not metal particle and will record properly in any 
"SP" deck. They can record, (once you make change the shell) but will 
often show visible artifacts. Don't use them.

frank felker


Brian Hughes wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I'm not an expert on Betacam tapes so I thought I might ask here. We recently received some older PVW-2600 series SP decks and I'm in the process of checking them out.

>

> I've currently got 3 tapes in front of me and I'm not sure of the difference between two of them. The one I know is a Betacam SP alignment tape that works fine with the PVW, it has the red slider for a rec inhibit. The other two tapes play fine but are standard Betacam tapes, no SP. One is a BCT-20K, the other shows a BCT-20K NP 2.

>

> What I don't understand is the differences between the two non-SP tapes and the use of tabs underneath. One tape simply has the rec inhibit tab and won't record on the SP deck, as I assume it shouldn't. The other tape has the same rec inhibit slot but also has 3 slots near the middle, like an SP tape. The 2nd tape wouldn't record until my boss punched out the same tabs as the SP tape. He doesn't know the difference between these tape either.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> TIA,

> Brian Hughes, SBE-CBTE

> Broadcast Systems Engineer

> Broadcast Television Engineering

> Napa Valley College

> x3258

>

>

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