8mm Question, PLEASE HELP!

Hi folks,

I'm hoping someone can help me out with my question...

Will a Hi8 recorded tape play in a non-Hi8 player?

I had some serious trouble finding anything out about 8mm equipment on the net. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan Bruner
bruner@shol.com

[thxkid]

Thats aloaded question, do you mean what you have recorded as HI-8mm play on another non-HI8mm machine, thats a yes or no question.
Some of sony's Home 8mm players, I have one that will play HI-8mm or 8mm and its just a 8mm deck, their sort of like Quasi-VHS. Sony put chips in some machines to allow HI-8 playback in their non HI-8 machines.
But if you mean can you use a HI-8mm blank tape in a 8mm, no problem it will work fine, I have even taken a 8mm tape punched a hole in the right place so it would record HI-8mm.
I do not know of any 8mm camcorder than will play a recorded HI-8mm tape correctly, it was just the home decks only.

[Feslmogh]

Nah...
It's like playing a s-vhs on a regular vhs player... nothing but static but you can copy from the camers to regular using the V/A out.