Posted by GMAN on 01/11/82 11:45

In article <5uqc42lkvlnbjob59s2cjpv7p7s34s0rki@4ax.com>, TheFug. <nospam@plea.se> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:04:07 GMT, "Bill Farnsworth"
><bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"> "Steve Guidry" wrote ...
>>>> You guys are missing the point of any serious effort to
>>>> do archiving.
>>>>
>>>> The _REAL_ issue is not "how long does the media last ? "
>>>> Tather, it's "How long can I keep an obsolete format player running
>>>> ?"
>>
>>> Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote I still claim there are
>>> people who keep players running
>>> for >90% of the tape formats ever made. Many services
>>> can be found online who dub "obsolete formats".
>>>
>>
>>Wait until the ol' rubber pinch rollers dry out and give up the ghost!
>>I don't care if the deck was running when it was put on the back
>>shelf, TIME will deteriorate or dry out some very key components.
>>Yeah, there are some people out there who can keep things running.
>>(And some of them ain't getting any younger.) But its a friggin' pain
>>in the ass when you have to start searching for those guys when you
>>gotta have that tape transferred RIGHT NOW.
>>The cost of shipping the dead deck out, the labor, the PARTS and then,
>>shipping back makes digital archiving very appealing.
>>But what the hell do I know? Right?
>>
>>Bill F.
>
>Yeah, even at room temperature 68F/20C my Sony Hi8 handycam had some
>strange rubber defects the cassette loading clap, from some sort of
>rubber got sweaty, i cant play any cassette with a good playback
>picture, so now the VHS recorders/players are dissapearing, i'm
>putting much of it, for a great part, onto DVD R media, i guess the
>disc is more durable than CompactDisc ? because DVD R has its
>(organic) dye between two plastic discs ? but how should one store
>these discs ? air-tight, no humid/moisterH2o near it ?
>Will the organic dye last even then ?
>-- The Fug
Your camcorder got the clap from some sweaty rubber? Ewww...,. Just kidding.

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