Posted by GMAN on 02/01/07 05:30

In article <Stbwh.513$o61.311@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net>, "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:
>> So all these years 'backing up' your collection how many times have you
>> needed the backups?
>
>All of the time. I use the backups, not the originals. :)
>Starting last summer I've played through all of my movies (about 400) and am
>just now getting to the end. Some of the VHS tapes are 10 years old. A fair
>percentage (maybe 25%-50%) have glitches in them now. Most are still
>watchable but they're losing quality and I doubt they'll survive for another
>10 years. High time to transfer the good ones that remain to DVD, and record
>all future backups on DVD.
>
>
More than likely its not the tapes going bad but the vcr's heads.

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