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To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (17147)2/10/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: Spots  Read Replies (1) of 97611
 
OT--Video tape life.

I'm playing tapes from the early 80's with unobservable quality
reduction. I don't think anybody has a very clear idea on the
true limits. A lot longer than most numbers that get batted
around, I bet.

Not playing them probably only helps marginally
magnetically, but physically every time they go through the
machine they are subject to the machine's appetite and illnesses.
Of course, the machine may go magnetically berserk too ... .

Afficionados recommend storing tapes not rewound, on the theory
that rewinding pulls the tape tighter and can stretch whereas
storing unrewound leaves them in a state of low stress. If
your tapes are really precious to you, you might consider that.
Mine are junk, just favorite junk <ggg>.

It shouldn't be more than a year or two before DVD recording
is cheap and realiable. Hold out and watch. Also, you need
a lot more speed than you can get now, or you'll spend several
hours per hour recorded (at least that's my experience with
audio on CD-R).
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