Re: [AV Media Matters] Analogue vs digital tape stock

[tvmark@gateway.net]

There's usually a pretty enormous difference in coercivity (higher for
the digital)  For example, Quantegy Grand Master 499 analog tape is 350
Oe (http://www.quantegy.com/499.asp).  The same company's 467 digital
tape has 762 Oe coercivity.

TTFN,
Mark

russm@idirect.com wrote:
>
>
>No, I'm not starting an arguement...
>
>Question, what's the difference between a reel of 1/2" audio tape stock
and
>a reel of 1/2" digital audio tape stock?  Marketing?  I want to recycle
>some digital tape stock for use in an analogue recorder.
>
>Russ M.
>
>Moderators Comment:
>I hope Eddie Zwaneveld contributes on this one - at one point in a SMPTE
>meeting he showed results of precisely this investigation for BetaSP tape
>and Digital Betacam tape. By my recollection - and this is only a
>recollection - there were two differences that were significant in the
test
>results. One difference was where the little holes were punched in the
>cassette shell to tell the machine what type of tape it was - the other
was
>the price. In the testing process I don't seem to remember that there were
>other major differences in performance..... again this was just a
>recollection which may be - - - faded....
>