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Posted by mv on 10/17/83 11:45
In message <joN1g.61910$F_3.14118@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, Romeo
Rondeau <noone@home.com> writes
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><mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:Qs6dA8PEH6REFwj1@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
>> I
>>>Here's a story about new Kodak DVD and CD archival media. DVD has 80 - 100
>>>year life, and CD has a 300 year life with gold substrate.
>>>http://www.betanews.com/article/New_CDs_DVDs_Could_Last_300_Years/1145378116
>>>
>> They would say that wouldn't they? Bet they can't prove it though!
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>> Trouble with both DVD's and CD's is they are quite vulnerable to damage,
>> and when damaged are unrepairable. I've got tape archived from 20 years
>> ago and it's still OK
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>And how do you repair it when it's damaged?
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Obvious isn't it?
I've had to repair maybe two or three tapes over the last twenty years.
Unless the tape has been thrown into the sae or a fire etc. tape dame is
usually limited to a short section, which can be cut and spliced,
respooled and made usable minus the damaged bit.
The oldest archive I have is on Video 8, next oldest is on Hi8, of all
the archive it's these Hi8 tapes that are the most fragile, especially
the evaporated tapes we were misdirected by Sony to use. Nevertheless
apart from those evaporated Hi8's those from 1984 are still good for
transferring to newer media.
--
John Lubran
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