If you're trying to keep your production budget low, you can reuse old mini DV tapes. Instead of recording over the existing footage, it's a good idea to erase the tape completely prior to filming.

Something that has been sitting at the back of my mind forever is that pile of DV tapes I have in the attic which were taken before smartphone cameras existed. For one reason or another ...

This article describes the various methods that can be used to transfer videos from a Mini DV tape to your computer. Most of the components described below can be bought for an affordable price on ...

Broadcast camcorders based on the Betacam SP tape format started at about $10,000 for the cheap “industrial” model, increasing to more than $30,000 for the ones the TV news camera ops were running ...

In fact, it pretty much removes the need for DV tape entirely by connecting directly to your camera’s FireWire port and capturing video as you shoot it. The QuickStream DV also has built-in ...