Kris

Yup...that's all I saw as well. I've no doubt it's better media. I was just wondering what the manufacturing differences were.

*high-fiving you* I own that movie, and there is nothing that compares. I've loved Jennifer Tilley ever since that cheesy 80's driving school movie she was in. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

I haven't seen the manufacturing specs for either. But if I had to venture a guess, the EX tapes probably have a more refined substrate material, allowing for more passes with less R/W signal degradation, while giving up less of the material to head contact. Probably a better protective/lube coating as well. Then again, they could just be using a better formatting process and marking the reams of tape with fewer defect areas (all media has defects, even new media, but it's okay if it's below a certain threshold) as EX-class media and slating those to be loaded into the EX-branded cassettes. A lot of data manufacturers do the latter and also call it "archival grade" media. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

No, but their instructors are USPA rated. Even if they're not USPA rated, it's still the wrong way to do it. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Dude! I did the newspaper wrapped salmon...it was GREAT! Thanks again! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Come on in, RMH. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

The pilot is your Instructor?! *shaking head* Unfuckingbelieveable... Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Every week I keep thinking that there's no way the next episode can top the last...and I get proven wrong every time. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

I can't fucking believe the ending on this one.... I thought surely he wasn't going to die....that Jack wouldn't really let him die. Man, was I wrong or what. Definitely a mean SOB... Wow. Just wow. Sigh, only 3 episodes left now. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Luckily, here in OK, labor can't be taxed. And that's essentially what the flight to altitude is, paying for someone's labor to get you into the air. Of course, now they'll probably try to loophole it as an "airline passenger" tax or something if they tried to do that here. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Shhhhhh! Don't encourage him! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Robyn....puh-leeze! Try again, cutie.

Do I even wanna' know what you're typing with, Bill? Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Erk? I don't know any Erk.....come over here and lay down on the soft savannah. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Big congrats, Cora!

Hehe...she has to shop for shoes in the kids section. Seriously. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

It sounds like he wants something clear so that he can maintain eye-contact. The Sorz goggles are great. I have a pair that I wear for working with freefall students. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Not necessarily true. IIRC, there are only a few companies that manufacture really good media: Fuji, 3M/Imation, TDK, and I think Sony makes theirs now, but they used to get their media from Fuji and Imation, and may still. I know Sony data tapes (DAT / AIT) used to be absolute garbage back in the day, until they started coming around in 1999/2000. At least they did when I got engineering samples of their media in 2000 when I worked at Seagate for new tape drive technologies. I actually had to pull teeth with Sony to get them to tell me where they were getting their media from when we had an issue with AIT format backup drive media, and was provided a list of where *all* their media comes from. I don't think they meant to give me the whole list. The other players in the industry are bulk-manufacturers of mid-grade quality usually. As for the media, mini-DV is a lot like DAT in how it's made. Get a mylar strip, slather on the magnetic substrate material, then a protective coating, then a layer of lube (measured in nanometers), format it, then box it up and sell it. It's actually pretty nasty stuff, hence the need for constant cleaning. Everytime that tape passes over the heads, stuff is coming off of it. For quality, you really can't beat Sony, TDK, and Fuji these days though. I've used Sony and Fuji brand media in my HC-40 with no problems. And I've used it a lot backing up bought skydiving videos and DVD's I have. And, I really recommend running a cleaning tape after every 6-10 hours of use.

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Neither... I go lips -> eyes -> legs -> boobs -> ass in that order. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

I'm gonna' go with a 3. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Welcome to the nuthouse. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

I'd do a little more research first if I were your friend. I seem to recall that there were reasons we men had to put up with constant shaving. Because, trust me, if I didn't have to shave, I wouldn't. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

Umm....I don't think they'll wax that kind of hair, will they? *visions of someone's face being ripped off* Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

In heavy rotation on the iPod right now are: Patrice Pike's "Live at the Brushwood Lounge" CD Amish 's Vocal Trancestalgia, Vol 2 mix The first Candlebox CD The new Chevelle and A Perfect Circle CD's Some assorted jungle / drum & bass / glitch Some old-school hip-hop (Run DMC, Beasties, Public Enemy) And just a little bit of Motzart. Almost forgot what I'm listening to right now. Junkie-XL's remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™