In my limited experience with video on tape, you don't always get the same pull from each pass, bits can be dropped here and there. Have a whole mess of miniDV tapes recorded with HD video that I need ...

A friend made a tape with their MiniDV camera. My Camera (Sony DCR TRV950) can play back these tapes. But, when I try to use firewire to import them to my Mac (have tried iMovie 2008 and Final Cut Pro ...