But would you not expect a Sony digital 8 to play video 8 tapes recorded on
a Sony camcorder?

My source camcorder is a Sony CCD-F500E (video8) and I was thinking of
possibly purchasing a Sony DCR-TRV460 (digital8 with Hi8 and Video8
playback)

I would be interested if anyone has used the later for playing back video8
tapes.

Regards,

Paul



"Gary MacKenzie" <sepulcre@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:k23rk0tcb6f6k73ipa37cminqu3q5o08sp@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:13:46 +0100, Tony Morgan
> <tonymorgan@xtreme.pipex.net> wrote:
>
>>In message <ZPc3d.52$WS.21@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, Paul Westwell
>><paul.news@nospam.westwell.me.uk> writes
>>>I'd had been doing a little digging and was wondering if it were a good
>>>idea to opt for a Sony Digital8 camcorder which has the ability to play
>>>Hi8 and Video8 tapes, these all seem to have DV in/out.
>>
>>There have been (a few) reports that legacy Hi8 and 8mm tapes (recorded
>>on analogue camcorders) don't always play on the Sony Digital8.
>>
> many of the newer digital8 are no longer guaranteed to play analogue8
> this was reported when they came out , by many magazines including
> computervideo
>
> www.computervideo.net
>
>

Paul Westwell wrote:
> But would you not expect a Sony digital 8 to play video 8 tapes
> recorded on a Sony camcorder?


You would expect that a D8 would play back 8/Hi8 and, in the beginning, that
was the case. Now it's buyer beware. Over that last few years, Sony has
(arbitrarily & without warning, it seems) dropped the ability to do this on
low-end models. Exactly the way that low-end miniDV Camcorders no longer
offer pass-through.

Mike


> My source camcorder is a Sony CCD-F500E (video8) and I was thinking of
> possibly purchasing a Sony DCR-TRV460 (digital8 with Hi8 and Video8
> playback)
>
> I would be interested if anyone has used the later for playing back
> video8 tapes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> "Gary MacKenzie" <sepulcre@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:k23rk0tcb6f6k73ipa37cminqu3q5o08sp@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:13:46 +0100, Tony Morgan
>> <tonymorgan@xtreme.pipex.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In message <ZPc3d.52$WS.21@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, Paul Westwell
>>> <paul.news@nospam.westwell.me.uk> writes
>>>> I'd had been doing a little digging and was wondering if it were a
>>>> good idea to opt for a Sony Digital8 camcorder which has the
>>>> ability to play Hi8 and Video8 tapes, these all seem to have DV
>>>> in/out.
>>>
>>> There have been (a few) reports that legacy Hi8 and 8mm tapes
>>> (recorded on analogue camcorders) don't always play on the Sony
>>> Digital8.
>>>
>> many of the newer digital8 are no longer guaranteed to play analogue8
>> this was reported when they came out , by many magazines including
>> computervideo
>>
>> www.computervideo.net

In message <2r6gslF16gfjcU1@uni-berlin.de>, Mike Kujbida
<kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> writes
>Exactly the way that low-end miniDV Camcorders no longer offer
>pass-through.

All current Sonys with DV-in provide analogue pass-through
..
And obviously without DV-in you cannot have analogue pass-through.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

Paul,

I have a TRV-460. I've used to it import video from my
old 8mm tapes taken with my Samsung analog camcorder. So
yes, it does work. Haven't tried it as a pass through
device (for VCR import) but it does have the capability.
As for software for DVD burning, I use MM2 and Sonic
MyDVD (version 4.5 came with my burner).

Steve
>-----Original Message-----
>But would you not expect a Sony digital 8 to play video
8 tapes recorded on
>a Sony camcorder?
>
>My source camcorder is a Sony CCD-F500E (video8) and I
was thinking of
>possibly purchasing a Sony DCR-TRV460 (digital8 with Hi8
and Video8
>playback)
>
>I would be interested if anyone has used the later for
playing back video8
>tapes.
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>"Gary MacKenzie" <sepulcre@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:k23rk0tcb6f6k73ipa37cminqu3q5o08sp@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:13:46 +0100, Tony Morgan
>> <tonymorgan@xtreme.pipex.net> wrote:
>>
>>>In message <ZPc3d.52$WS.21@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, Paul
Westwell
>>><paul.news@nospam.westwell.me.uk> writes
>>>>I'd had been doing a little digging and was wondering
if it were a good
>>>>idea to opt for a Sony Digital8 camcorder which has
the ability to play
>>>>Hi8 and Video8 tapes, these all seem to have DV
in/out.
>>>
>>>There have been (a few) reports that legacy Hi8 and
8mm tapes (recorded
>>>on analogue camcorders) don't always play on the Sony
Digital8.
>>>
>> many of the newer digital8 are no longer guaranteed to
play analogue8
>> this was reported when they came out , by many
magazines including
>> computervideo
>>
>> www.computervideo.net
>>
>>
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