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IBM
This media tape pack, containing five cartridges per carton, supports tape drives for customer backup solutions for IBM eServer xSeries servers. This media tape pack supports VXA-2 tape drives. - Tape size : 8 mm,Tape length : 230 m,Storage capacity : 80
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Hama
For MiniDV / DVC - camcorders Removes dirt of the video head and tape guide For optimized picture quality of digital records Sufficient for about 50 cleaning processes
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Sony
 The Right Tape for your HDV Camcorder, 2007-11-22
Okay so miniDV tapes and HDV tapes can come in the same shape and size and some camcorders will let you write 1080i to your regular miniDV tapes but you are not going to get the best results unless you use the right tape for the camcorder. After switching to HDV with a Sony Camcorder and after using some high quality non-HDV miniDV tapes I switched my tape stock to Sony HDV tapes. Believe me I haven't looked back! The change in quality of recorded material is marked - colours and definition are that much more pronounced and unlike regular miniDV written to HDV content, there is no risk of frame dropout.
Why buy a quality camcorder and hobble it with inferior tape stock? You're compromising your content and not saving very much money in the long run.
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Sony Media And Recording
- AIT Turbo is enhancing both capacity and speed of earlier AIT generations
- AIT Turbo media can only be used with an AIT Turbo drive.
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hp
- HPs DLT VS1 media is exhaustively qualified for use with HP and non-HP VS160 products. A continuous testing program in HPs media laboratory guarantees the high levels of quality uniquely specified by Hewlett-Packard.
- Light grey colour
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TDK Media
- 10 Pack of TDK HiDef Mini DV HDV Cassette Tapes
- For use in All HiDef Camcorders
- Premium media for HD camcorders
- Offers 30% lower dropout rate, 5% higher output and 10% better reliability than standard DVC media
- Incorporates Dual Layer Metal Evaporation (DLME) bonding
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TDK Media
- 10 Pack of TDK VHS-C Camcorder Cassette Tapes
- For use in All VHS-C Camcorders
- Premium media
- Excellent TDK Brand
- 45mins Long Cassettes
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Sony Media And Recording
 A good reliable product and cheaper than high street prices - But check out the 10 pack, 2008-09-06
This five pack is good value when on usual offer from Amazon - so stock up for the hols and Xmas (as a single cassette in a high-street shop can cost up to 5 times more than the unit price offered here). Quality and reliability seem perfectly fine for my budget Sony HC22E HandyCam, never a dropout and the picture is noticably better than with my old Hi8 tapes - I always record in SP though. Only reason not to buy is that Amazon often sells a ten-pack of Sony Premium Mini DV tapes that's generally even better value per tape [so check that blister pack out as well].
Note video tape such as used in these cassettes are proprietary 'lubricated' and sticking to the same brand of tape (e.g. these Sony ones) has been thought by many to reduce problems with the video head clogging up and miss-tracking. No-one seems to have reported problems mixing Sony MiniDV with Fuji, and manufacturers modified their dry lubricants back in 1997 just in case - but if you want to be really careful stick with one brand.
Incidently, MiniDV Hi8 standard8 video cassette tapes like these, and their recorded video images, have a projected life of 10 years after which even the plastic components of the cassette mechanism start to fail (besides will there be any miniDV camcorders to play these tapes in 20 years time). Over this period some of the signal on the tape will be lost slowly to noise by 'print-through' as the tape sits in contact with itself (by magnetic induction). This is particularly bad for older analogue tape (e.g. Hi8), but MiniDV isn't immune. Fast forward/rewinding the tape every year or so will help reduce this (as will recording the original in SP not LP). So transfer video tape to digital DVD before this becomes a problem, using the AV 'analogue in' on a DVD recorder works as well as a PC - and recopy your video DVD [with 'verify write' on] to a new DVD every 5 years [using a PC]. Keep the Sony tape master as well. So think about archiving sometime or your precious memories might simply fade away.
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