Hard disk vs Tape

[plunar]

i'm looking at the sony hdr-hc5 and hdr-sr5

both look the same as far as quality goes - the only difference is the medium. the hc5 is about $250 less though than the tape - any real reason besides access?

 

[Cromulent]

I answered that here: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/4032139/

Check out the full thread as well here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/340144/