Hi8 to mini DV

[NightFire]

I have some Hi8 tapes I would like to capture onto mini DV tapes for archiving. If I capture the tapes in LP on the mini DV tapes would the quality be any different than SP mode? These are just normal home movies and nothing fancy.

[JohnnyMalaria]

In terms of the digital data, LP is no different that SP.

But, there can be lots of problems down the road. If you ever need to play LP recordings on a different device, you may have difficulty. Also, an imperfections on the tape are more likely to be evident with LP.

Common consensus is stick to SP.

[NightFire]

Thanks, I guess I'll stick with SP. I am assuming that LP has issues because of it's smaller track width.

[ofbarea]

I use D8 for DV storage just because there are 90 minutes SP tapes for this format.

[Marvingj]

For Storage I used 300gig portable hard drive. I brought 3 of them cheap for Video .