Sony PDVM40N Mini DV-Cam Video Tape for Professional Camcorders

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00007E8B1
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 12, 2006

Product Description

For camcorders using Mini DV-Cam Tapes / Provides 40 Minutes Recording / DLC Coating for Durability / High Performance Standard Internet Connectivity - Podcast download, register podcast on browser and link to podcast web site Related Links function relates web content with music content playing on your Walkman(R) X series. Connect directly to YouTube and Yahoo!; Internet Browser; Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) connectivity to Home Wireless LAN and to public Wireless LAN. Supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Drag and Drop Functionality - Easily load your music, pictures, and video onto this player by dragging and dropping them into the video MP3 player on your computer. Multiple High-quality Video Formats - This player supports multiple high-quality video formats as well as a variety of audio codecs, giving you more freedom to download the kind of music and video that you want. Long Battery Life - Equipped with a long-lasting battery that enables you to listen to up to 33 hours of music and watch up to 9 hours of video without needing to recharge. 100 Free Music Downloads - Purchase a Sony X series Walkman(R) player and receive 100 free music downloads from Sony Music. 3 Wide OLED touch panel display for incredible clarity 16GB capacity to store your content FM Radio Format(s) Supported - Audio - MP3/WMA/AAC/L-PCM, Video - AVC(H.264/AVC)/MPEG-4/WMV DRM Dimensions (Approx.) - 2 1/8 W x 3 7/8 H x 13/32 D inches Weight (Approx.) - 3.5 oz

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars DVCAM videotape by SONY, July 26, 2009

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Charles H. Harpole "unchained-heart-prod-inc" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony PDVM40N Mini DV-Cam Video Tape for Professional Camcorders (Electronics)

SONY brand DVCAM videotape is widely rated as a better performer than any brand of miniDV videotape due to its chemical formulation (more stuff in it to capture the data) and its coating which is reputed to reduce wear on cameras. When I travel overseas, I will use nothing less because a tape failure is the end of the expensive trip--why scrimp on the most important thing?
Tips: use only SONY brand; beware that the PDVM-40N is the cassette to buy because there is a 32 minute version and a 40 minute version that includes an expensive chip that is virtually no use to most people even professionals. I guess the "N" means "no chip." Amazon does not tell about the chip.
There are two physical sizes of this tape, the small and the large. The large WILL NOT fit into your camera. The large is made for tape deck machines and editing onto longer format because the larger ones are 184 minutes and another version that is at least longer than 40 min.

3.0 out of 5 stars time will tell, December 16, 2007

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S. Mcmurray (the future) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony PDVM40N Mini DV-Cam Video Tape for Professional Camcorders (Electronics)

i use these tapes to edit movies on my mac. i don't see a noticeable difference between it & the consumer grade you get at wal-mart. however, i was told that these are easier on the machines involved, camera, inbox, etc. i guess only time will tell. i don't know another way to figure it out.