[AAR.oner]

you can shoot SD onto Hd tapes, but its a complete waste of money in my opinion...there are a LOT of prefessionals who shoot HD on HD cams using SD miniDV tapes because the difference is so miniscule

there are some who say that using a HD miniDV tape in a SD miniDV camera offers less frame drops, however my experience is that the decrease in drops is not worth the price increase...if you have some HD tapes laying around that you just want to use up, then fine...but don't waste yer money on buying HD tapes...i've found Sony's premium line to be fine, especially for non-professional work like taping where yer arse isn't on the line with a client should there be a un-fixable drop here or there