Just got a brand new Sammy digital camcorder and a brand new tape for it. I did a short clip just to try it out with the firewire and it worked fine, I tried it again and everytime I record something I get these crappy lines across the picture.
Apparently it might be that I need a cleaning tape, but its brand new ffs and its been used for about 90 seconds. Sometimes the purple comes and goes but its still pixelated.
Crap.
Anyway, heres a sample recording of some black (128kb):RC,SA (http://www.palmer934.plus.com/untitled7.wmv)
RMA the camera?
Could it be the one tape thats bad? If it does it with a different one Id definately get the camera replaced.
looks sorta like a dead CCD would look like.
Camera be buggered.
yeah Id say its the camera... Id think a bad tape / needs cleaning etc... would produce more of a random effect ?