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Posted by Charles Tomaras on 10/26/16 11:45
<mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <joN1g.61910$F_3.14118@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, Romeo
> Rondeau <noone@home.com> writes
>>
>><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!
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>>And how do you repair it when it's damaged?
>>
>>
>
> 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
I have a couple boxes full of EIAJ Sony 601ES digital jazz recordings from
the mid 80's that are no longer playable. TDK VHS video tape.
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