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New member Username: 99hathawayPost Number: 1 Registered: Oct-10 | is the quality of the video degraded when a Hi8 tape (ie recorded on a Hi8 camcorder) is played on a 8mm camcorder ?? |
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Silver Member Username: Ieee488Post Number: 477 Registered: Dec-07 | According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_video_format#Hi8 your 8mm camcorder won't be able to play the Hi8 tape even though the tapes are the same size. The way the information is encoded on the tape is different. |
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Bronze Member Username: MatthawkinsPost Number: 13 Registered: Feb-10 | Agreed. I don't believe you can playback Hi8 video on a normal 8mm camcorder. However a Hi8 tape might contain video in normal 8mm format so it's worth checking. |