And the top-loading door lets you change tapes without detaching your tripod.
Each one-hour tape takes one hour to transfer, but you can do other things in the meantime, either on the computer or around the house, pausing every now and then to change tapes.
This is extremely annoying because if I want to record a full session of a scientific meeting, I am forced to use my old Hi8 machine to avoid frequent and annoying interruptions to change tapes or disks.
I visited bowers daily to replace lost decorations and to change tapes and batteries.
Because bowers were more difficult to access at Dreghorn, I visited bowers every other day to change tapes and batteries and to check for stolen items.
The camera equipment, setup, and monitoring procedure were the same as in the current study, except that a field assistant visited bowers every other day (instead of daily) to change tapes and batteries.
"I don't know how many times I can change the tape during the match, because to change the tape I need the trainer.
"Once he's in bed, he'll call out 14 times, to change the tape, to eat an apple, to drink something.
If you're willing to baby-sit the transfer, you can press Stop on the DVDirect at any time, fast-forward or change the tape, and then hit Record again; doing so creates a new "title" on the DVD's menu, complete with a thumbnail image of the scene.
It's time to change the tape.
