Sony DVM60EXML MiniDV Tape – Excellence, Sealed, Made in Japan
$12.00
Sony’s best MiniDV stock, sealed and unopened: Metal Evaporated tape with a diamond-like carbon coating that is there to resist shedding and dropout — the two failures that cannot be undone afterwards. Rated 2 dB better on carrier-to-noise than Sony Premium. Made in Japan, 60 minutes SP.
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Sony DVM60EXML Excellence MiniDV Digital Video Cassette – 60 Minutes, Metal Evaporated, IC Memory Chip, Made in Japan, New Old Stock Sealed
Sealed, unopened Japanese-made Sony Excellence MiniDV tape — the top of the MiniDV range, and no longer made by anyone.
Why the Tape Stock Matters
If you shoot MiniDV or you are digitising a shelf of old tapes, the tape stock itself is the part that decides whether the footage survives. The Excellence was Sony’s best: Metal Evaporated tape with a diamond-like carbon protective coating, which is there specifically to resist shedding and dropout — the two failures that put blocky artefacts through a recording and cannot be undone afterwards. Sony rated it 2 dB better on carrier-to-noise than the Premium tape below it, which matters most in LP mode where the margin is thinnest.
Cassette Memory
It also carries a 4 kbit IC memory chip in the shell, so a camcorder that supports cassette memory can index and bookmark within the tape rather than shuttling blindly.
Why Sealed Japanese Stock Is Hunted
These are Japanese-made and factory sealed. That combination is the reason people hunt for them: MiniDV production ended years ago, later stock came from other plants, and archivists working through irreplaceable footage would rather put a Japanese Excellence in the transport than whatever turns up loose in a drawer.
Not Being Made Again
Blank MiniDV in this grade is not being manufactured again. If you have a camcorder you still use, or footage you still need to capture, these are worth putting aside now rather than looking for later.
Features
- Metal Evaporated tape formulation
- Diamond-like carbon protective coating — resists shedding and dropout
- 4 kbit IC memory chip for in-camera indexing and bookmarking
- 2 dB better carrier-to-noise than Sony Premium tape
- 60 minutes SP, 90 minutes LP
- Factory sealed, never opened
- Made in Japan
Sony DVM60EXML Excellence MiniDV Digital Video Cassette Specifications
- Model: DVM60EXML
- Format: MiniDV (DVC) digital video cassette
- Grade: Excellence — Sony’s top MiniDV formulation
- Running Time: 60 minutes SP / 90 minutes LP
- Tape Type: Metal Evaporated with diamond-like carbon coating
- Cassette Memory: 4 kbit IC chip
- Origin: Made in Japan
- Condition: New old stock, factory sealed, unopened
- Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 2.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (66 x 48 x 12.2 mm)
- Weight: 0.05 lbs (23 g)
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