![]() wish that it were so, but it never was like that. I think some Panasonic cameras could play back miniDVCAM, but that there was no guarantee.Īll the while, people thought that if the tape fit in the deck, it should play. Then there was miniDVCAM, which was a faster tape format than DV, which was compatible with Sony cameras, but not necessarily guaranteed with any other brand. The only camera on earth guaranteed to be able to play it, was the exact same Sony VX2000 that recorded it in the first place. Not the brand, mind you, but the exact camera - so if you recorded LP on your Sony VX2000, and I tried to play it back on my Sony VX2000, it may not work - there was no guarantee it would. LP (long play, 90 minutes on a 60-minute cassette) was only guaranteed to be compatible on the camera that recorded it. Then there was DV, a standard format, and all DV decks and cameras could play each other's tapes, EXCEPT - maybe they couldn't, if you happened to record in LP mode. And Canon and JVC had no compatibility whatsoever. ![]() Sony could play back Canon 60i, but could not play 24f or 30f. The Canon cameras could play back Sony 60i tapes, but no JVC at all. And the Sony deck could play back Canon 60i HDV, but could not play 24f or 30f Canon HDV.Ĭanon had HDV in its own format of "24f" and "30f", in addition to 60i. ![]() A Sony deck could play them all back, and could also play back JVC 30p, but that's it - no JVC 24p or 60p, IIRC. Sony had HDV in 60i and, later, in 24p, and a total bastardization called "CineFrame". Couldn't play back any Sony or Canon HDV. A JVC deck could play them all back, but it could play ONLY those formats back. Maybe if I get a slow month.Yep, those mini-DV tapes could record a wide variety of formats, and there was little to no compatibility between them. I still have a DVCam/DV deck because we still have some tapes in the library that need to move forward. Two of them were compatible with each other but I can't remember which two. But decks? Canon, Panasonic, Sony, and JVC all had their own distinct flavor of HD/HDV back in those days.
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