How to play mini-DV in VCR?

funkymatt

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well, you need 2 pounds of ripe tomatoes and a beaver.

report back when you have the proper ingredients.
 

Sphexi

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Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: mchammer
Originally posted by: Baked
You can buy a mini-DV > VHS adapter.

I have doubts about this

I've done this for people too poor to afford a free DVD player.

Wrong. You've never done this, stop lying.


MiniDV tapes (tapes, not DVDs) are a totally different DIGITAL format, they cannot be read by VHS VCRs. You have to hookup your camcorder and use it as a player, or shell out a few hundred bucks for a MiniDV player of some sort. There is no adapter that will allow your VCR to do so.

Edit:
Pwn this.
 

DingDingDao

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Originally posted by: Bolvangar
I've never seen a mini dv to vhs adapter either.... Looking forward to a link to this.

He's probably thinking of VHS-c, not miniDV
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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Originally posted by: Sphexi
Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: mchammer
Originally posted by: Baked
You can buy a mini-DV > VHS adapter.

I have doubts about this

I've done this for people too poor to afford a free DVD player.

Wrong. You've never done this, stop lying.


MiniDV tapes (tapes, not DVDs) are a totally different DIGITAL format, they cannot be read by VHS VCRs. You have to hookup your camcorder and use it as a player, or shell out a few hundred bucks for a MiniDV player of some sort. There is no adapter that will allow your VCR to do so.

Holy crap... looked up some players that will do it and they're like $700 range
 

woowoo

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Mini DV is not a format
DV is the format
Mini is the size
Look to B&H for cheap DV tape machines.
They are NOT consumer equiptment (yet).
They would be Pro-sumer.
 

MX2

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Originally posted by: Baked
I'm gonna go home and take a pic of this adaptor and pwn you all.

I'll get you some duck sauce to go with your crow.
 

jalaram

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: Baked
I'm gonna go home and take a pic of this adaptor and pwn you all.

I'll get you some duck sauce to go with your crow.

Errrr. Am I the only one to think he's joking?

Originally posted by: Baked
I've done this for people too poor to afford a free DVD player.

The first one seemed like a mistake, but this seems to indicate that he's just being silly.

 

eelw

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Now that he has gone home and realized how stupid it is, I bet he won't be posting again in this topic.
 

Night201

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MiniDV = Digital
VCR = Analog

Can you play a cd in a cassette player? No.

You need somekind of adapter that would have a D/A converter in it and then have that all in a unit the size of a VHS tape. Never seen it. No real need to make that though when you can just get a cheap $5-10 AV cable and hook up your MiniDV camcorder to the inputs of your VCR.