What are the good and ad brands of videotapes (T-120)?
I would avoid brands you never heard of. K-mart brand, Recoton(sp), the street vendor from whom you buy Chinese food, whatever. Higher grade tapes are not necessarily worth the expense but in my experience with some like Maxell and Scotch, going one level up from the cheapest is worthwhile and results in a noticeably better picture. Only a few companies actually manufacture the raw tape stock. For what it’s worth (FWIW), I have used Scotch in the past. It was inexpensive and the quality was good and consistent. I haven’t purchased video tape in quite awhile now so I do not know if this is still true (Winter 2003). The higher grade tapes may actually be harder on the video heads due to their formulation but this probably doesn’t matter for the ordinary user.. You don’t need HiFi grade tapes for HiFi – any tape will work. However, higher grade tapes may last longer with higher quality results in demanding situations like 24 hour a say security monitoring. Consumer Reports does a review e
