Is it bad if I play a mini DV tape on a camcorder that was recorded on a different camcorder?

my father and i made a Steadicam for my camcorder today, and i went to test out the Steadicam and record a few minutes worth of footage. 3 minutes worth. i tried to play the tape but it won't playback. it is just a blue screen. it does not even show...

I know I couldn't do it personally, I don't have the equipment, but is there a way to get back what was recorded on a mini-DV tape after something else was recorded on it?

I took videos using a Sony Mini-DVD camcorder. I had the disks but never converted them to any other media. Now, I have lost the camcorder (stolen actually), now it seems I can't play those mini-dvd disks with any dvd player (I have a Toshiba DVD player...

I have a dvd burner on my laptop and i want to transfer video from my camcorder to a dvd. i have the canon 853 mini dv tape/sd card camcorder. the owner handbook doesn't make it clear. do i just attach the usb to load the tape's contents on to my laptop...

I was filming a project at a friend's house, and I had to switch out the tapes but when I took the tape out the slot got stuck open and wouldn't close. My dad fixed it, but I don't know what he did and I can't contact him until tonight, but I need to...

My camcorder only takes still photos with a SD card installed and the MINI DV tapes are obsolete already ... very hard to find any information from Piss-A-Sonic ....lol... wheres the service after the sale? PV-DV200 mini DV PalmSight please give me lots...

I have a camcorder that likes to eat tapes now. I have a box full of old mini-dv tapes with no way to view or transfer them. Is there any other device, inexpensive and not the camcorder, that can play back or possibly transfer my mini-dv tapes?

I've heard that if you want to do any kind of semi professional / amateur film making and editing - DV tape is the way to go. is it true that camcorders which record to a mini DVD dont allow the footage to be loaded onto a computer for editing?