Posted by Mark F on 09/20/07 20:06

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:33:11 -0700, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in part:
(regarding tape reuse)
> OTOH, for formats like mini-DV, if it isn't worth $5 to
> keep the original camera footage, why bother shooting
> it at all? Isn't the original footage worth at least $5/hour?
> Or if you are shooting for $$$, the $35 for a DVCAM (etc.)
> tape? Seems equivalent to rinsing out and re-using
> paper towels.
>
> Also, re-using tapes is like playing Russian roulette.
> You never know which recording will fail because you
> tried to re-use it once too often.
Some therapists tape all sessions. Most tapes are never even
looked at.

This is 40 or so hours a week.

Storing tapes is expensive in terms of office space, so they have to
either reuse, erase, or destroy the tapes - the old tapes can't just
be thrown out or given away.

Using each 10 times isn't much of a risk and reduces the
amount of toxic material used each year from 2000 to 200.
(Saves a bunch of time also, and a few thousand $US/year also.)

Probably should move to disk in a couple of years, but too risky at
this time.)
>

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