My old 8 mm tapes say MP120 &amp; some say 8mm HS120 will these work in this camera to turn into DVD's, that is all I am looking for.
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My best guess is no. The MP120 and HS120 are designations I have never heard of. The 120 of course refers to length of tape 120 minutes or two hours. The only really important designation is Hi8mm. and your tapes say 8mm instead of Hi8mm. This is the reason I say: no it won't work for you. There were two formats of this size tape. 8mm is "low-band" and recorded at a frequency of 22 megahertz on the "radio frequency" spectrum (the equivalent of VHS tapes) and the advantage of the 8mm is to record on smaller sized camera and tapes. Hi8mm is "high-band" and recorded at 44.5 megahertz on the RF spectrum (equivalent to S-VHS tapes) and much larger cameras (some would even say ungainly) If I had any Low band 8mm tapes I would drop one into my Hi8mm camera to see if they play. I have played VHS tapes on an S-VHS player/recorder and they worked fine. The S-VHS player cost $1,400 in 1990 and had a lot of features not commonly available for those times. You may have to keep looking for an 8mm video camera and not a Hi8mm video camera such as this, or you could take a gamble and give it a try, how much could you possibly lose?
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It does not support 8mm tapes of any kind -- these kind of tapes can't be played in a regular VCR (no adapter could ever make that happen based on all I've read). This adapter is for VHS-C tapes only!I don't know of any kind of VCR that can play these -- I'm under the impression that they can only be played through the video camera, but I'm no expert on 8mm tapes.
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Maggie, the adapter can only be used for vhs-c tapes not for 8mm cassettes, hope this helps, Sock
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They are good for mini dv camcorders. Im using in Panasonic mini dv camera. I like it. Quality is good. Its very small tapes to fit in compact movie camera. If your camera says' mini dv camera' on it.
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This device use for copy protected signal filter only. or some noise filter from machine. your 8mm video tape is not copy protected, you do not need this stabilizer. This one does not matter with sound. connect video out from 8mm player to video in the stabilizer and connect other RCA cable is video out form the stabilizer to Diamond VC500 video in.
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I'm in the same boat --- have lot's of 8Hi camcorder tapes I would like to convert to DVD --- will this machine do this function?
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No. This sony camcorder requires a "Hi-8 Video Cassette Tape". This is a smaller tape with ahigher resolution. Maxwell 6-120 8mm tapes are larger and will not fit.
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I had a Sony DVD Recorder to VHS model RDR-VX535 which would record on Verbatim DVD-R 16X or DVD-R 8X speed. I managed to transfer only 5 home movie tapes to Verbatim DVD-R 16X or 8X speeds. Then the machine wouldn't work anymore. The Sony technician told me I needed to get more 8X discs, which was not true. 16X worked fine. The quality of the machines is not dependable. I sent it back to be restored to factory condition, got it back and it had the same problem with which I started. Fortunately, Costco gave me my money back. Memorex discs didn't work. S. M. Cox So maybe try Verbatim discs. Good luck.
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You can hookup the camera to a tv and play it from the camera, it Only Plays Hi8 tapes NOT 8mm tapes
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This setup you propose is not ideal, but it could work as a "no money invested" approach to making a DVD copy of your 8mm movies. A couple of suggestions: 1. Shoot the image off of a screen rather than a white wall. Movie screens exist for a reason: they reflect back a much brighter image than just a white surface. 2. Don't shoot with the camera zoomed all the way out (wide angle) or all the way in (telephoto) -- use the middle range of the zoom (to avoid distortion of the image) 3. Your biggest problem will be a "rolling" frame line, when the speed of the film frames (18 frames per second for "silent speed" or 24 fps for "sound speed") and the rate of the video fields (60 cycles per second) don't quite match up. Just move the camera (on a tripod, of course) closer or farther from the screen while the film is playing in the projector, adjusting until the roll is gone. 4. After you shoot the films onto DVD and finalize the DVD, I suggest copying the DVD to an "archival quality" DVD, because I think standard writable DVD-R discs don't last more than about 5 years before the layers start to separate, rendering them unplayable. In any case, make multiple copies of your DVD masters, because even a small scratch can make the DVD unplayable, and that would be bad. Good luck to anyone reading this and trying it...there are many ways to transfer 8mm/Super8 to video, and this is the cheapest, but not the highest quality -- but, then, it is old home movies we're talking about, and they have a beautiful low-budget look.
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Mine works. Kind of fragile. For the price it is ok. Less expensive than sending tapes out to convert.
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No. Just on vhs-c. Also 8 mm is a totally different format. Hope that helps
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I am absolutely positive it will work, F. Melamed. The camcorder probably has RCA composite connections (red and white for audio, yellow for video). If it is mono, one of the audio connections should work for both. If not, go to Radio Shack and get a "Y" connector to connect the mono connection to the stereo connections on the DVD recorder. Once you have them connected, turn both the camcorder and recorder on. Make sure the recorder is tuned to the proper input and then put it into "Record Pause" mode. Then, when you have the tape in the camcorder at the right place, just press "Record" on the DVD recorder. That will give you the cleanest start for your recording. I recommend using the 1 hour DVD mode for the best picture possible.
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Hi Mohammad, you can record videos in 8cm discs, not mini DVDs. Thanks_Mitch
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Yes the dvd-vr375 will transfer your 8mm tapes to dvd. I have done several. Plug your camcorder video cords to the DV ports in the front of the unit. Start play on your camcorder and push the record button on the front of the unit or on the remote.
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I'm sorry Guillermo, I really have no idea. I just used them with my Panasonic DVD recorder....very simple.
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This camera did not work with my 8 mm tapes. I had to return and they charged me 35% to accept it back (they said that it was due to handling to restock again???). Take care. Anyhow, finally I send my tapes to be converted to digital and ... no more need for 8 mm.