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Can I watch a mini dv tape without a camcorder?

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flobadob | 12:58 Thu 15th Apr 2010 | Technology
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This is probably a long shot but a few years ago we bought a mini dv camcorder from jessops but it broke within a month. We ended up buying a cheap hi8 camcorder and never bothered replacing the mini dv as the hi8 is still going strong.

I was just wondering is there any way to view the mini dv tapes we have without buying a mini dv camcorder? Probably not but worth a shot.
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Worth a shot indeed. but the answer is, as you expected. no.
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Ah bagga. Ebay here I come.
Careful what you buy, a lot of the cameras listed as miniDV are actually the type that takes memory cards, not proper miniDV tapes.

Only £15.99 for a proper tape based one though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...s?hash=item4ceec20ab5
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Chuck that link you put, is that a tape one or card? I did notice what you were saying and its hard to tell which are the tape ones.
That's a tapes one, if you look under Item specifics it says Format: MiniDV

the card type ones say Format: MICRO SD MEMORY CARDS (or similar)
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It's just that sometimes I think it says mini dv but doesn't appear to take tapes. When it says mini dv does that specifically mean it takes tapes?
It says mini dv in the description but only lists SD/MMC cards for capture methods. Maybe chuck is referring to another model ?
I actually misread the listing, sorry.

there are a few tape ones listed

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...s?hash=item3a59a3fbef

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...s?hash=item2eac47c8c3

Or depending on the quantity of tapes you have it may be cheaper to get them transfered onto DVD

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...s?hash=item3a4ee0bfeb

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