Originally Posted by DirtyDanza

one thing... always use the same tape from now on... don't switch over to whats cheap at the time and you will get double the use from your camera and time on your tapes...

personally I use all sony tapes... thats personal preference.. I hear great stories from the costco maxell tapes.. what ever it is just stay consistent.. reason is each tape mfg uses different lubes and metals in the tape.. so when you start switching you start cross contanmniating and gets all gunky.. also run a head cleaner through every 10 hours.. (5 tapes , capture 5 tapes it's 5 hours then to capture to pc is another 5 hours on the heads)