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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/09/05 16:35
In article <dia3r0$prm$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
jack the lad <NoSpyware@NoViruses.com> wrote:
>I would imagine they would be ok, as long as they are inside their covers
>and also boxed up to keep dust away from the vhs ones ,even though they are
>in tape covers the dust can still get to the vhs tapes know what I mean so
>box them up too.
Moisture is the killer for all types of tape - audio and video.
Cool and dry is the best - and dry is more important.
>"dubbah" <delshannon@rock.com> wrote in message
>news:1128544141.052450.291310@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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>> FAQmeister wrote:
>>> "dubbah" <delshannon@rock.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1128017907.000250.69560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com
>>> >> Temperature extremes are very bad for tape. Much less so for DVDs.
>>> >>
>>> >> Not to mention the high humidity in many basements.
>>> >
>>> > Understood. Most of these tapes date a few years back to the late
>>> > Eighties. Short term storage in the basement is then all right? Say,
>>> > two to three months?
>>>
>>> I wouldn't.
>>
>> I have had to move boxes with vhs tapes and dvds into the storage
>> room to make it easy for me to get my apartment organized, this is the
>> sole reason. Many vhs tapes are still in my apartment and I will
>> eventually need to bring them all together somehow in my apartment,
>> the countless vhs tapes I have accumulated from my old place and
>> had to bring them where I have lived for a few years. Your feedback
>> is well appreciated, though. I have the vhs tapes in jackets and
>> will eventually have all in jackets.
>>
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