Sony DVC Cleaning Tape
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Customer Review: I wish I knew this before buying a new camcorder
Summary: 5 Stars
A month ago my Canon camcorder had these blocky lines going across the view finder. I use my camcorder ALOT and had this ZR500 for over two years. I thought it was malfunctioning due to my high usage and it's age. So I brought a new one but when I stuck one of my old tapes in the new one those same old lines would show up again. NOW WAIT A MINUTE! THIS IS A NEW CAMCORDER! Since the camcorder was new I was eligible for free tech support. When I called Canon they told me that the type I used was contaminated from the old one and I needed a MiniDV cassette cleaner. They had one to sell me for over $35. No thank! So I did some research on amazon.com and saw the great reviews on this Sony cassette for half the price.
I just used it last week on both camcorders and now they both record and play back fine. Here's the all tapes that were used in the dirty camcorder prior to cleaning need to be thrown away. I noticed that when I tried to transfer the date from the miniDV to my computer the thick lines were back. So after trail and error I regrettably had to throw all the contaminated MiniDVs away. Once I cleaned the old camcorder again with this Sony cassette I used new MiniDV tapes afterwards and never tried to reply any old ones. I am happy to say that it's working good as new. Now I have two camcorders when I could have just cleaned the first one. But I learned a valuable lesson and hope others will learn from my mistake.
This tape is TOP NOTCH!
Customer Review: Works even after heavy camera use!
Summary: 5 Stars
I use my Sony MiniDV camcorder for my video transfer business. In the past 4 months I have played over 400 tapes of all different quality. When the camera stopped reading the tapes I couldn't find my old head cleaning tape so I ordered this one. Ran it for 10 seconds and the camera was back in business. Just finished up another 15 tapes and no problems at all.
Side note. I got an email saying my order was held up at Amazons warehouse so it was going to be delayed a day and they were going to credit the shipping. I have Prime so I already get free 3 day shipping so I can't get a credit. Next day I get an e-mail that I am being credited for my whole order so the tape will be free. All this without even asking. Just another reason why I do so much shopping with Amazon.
Customer Review: Carry one in your camera bag always
Summary: 5 Stars
We were at a class reunion and my wife's SONY DCR-TRV950 video camera suddenly started eating tapes. After doing a bit of internet research we determined that the Mini DV head cleaner might help, but since there were none available in the town we were in, we did without the camera. We ordered one when we got home and in a few short minutes the problem was totally solved by the head cleaner. I would have thought that dirty heads would diminish quality, not disable the camera, but that is not the case.
So... my advice is to carry one all time for the same reason you have a spare tire in the trunk of your car. Without it, you could just out of business.
Customer Review: A must have
Summary: 5 Stars
Great product! A must have for any mini dv camera or deck. Using different brand tapes (ie: Sony, Panasonic, JVC) will quickly clog mini dv heads because the material of one brand of tape attracts the material from a different brand of tape. If you only use one brand of tape in your camera or deck you won't be needing this Head Cleaner very often, but if you are like me and end up using different brands of mini dv tape you really should do a quick 5-10 second cleaning in between tapes to prevent digital gack & error messages. It's well worth it and seems to last a long time.Customer Review: It did what I was hoping it would do...
Summary: 5 Stars
My Sony PD150 was eating tapes, especially when scanning rw or ff. I was dreading taking it in to have the tape transport serviced, and thought I would at least try to see if a cleaning tape would help. (Some video engineers who are friends of mine made the suggestion) I don't know what was in there or how the cleaning tape did it, but I have run 4 different tapes head-to-tail through the camera, and have also done some recording/scanning without any problems. Sofar, at least, it looks like this cleaning tape has saved me a lot of hassle and money.