As each year passes, video tapes become harder to roll over the recording machines for digitizing. The tape itself looses the ability to run easily over the heads of the players. So, the tape may flutter, drag, or just not play. If the video was recorded in the LP mode or the SLP mode, then […]
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The life span of video tapes
As in most media, we are initially told that it will last forever, record albums, video tape, floppy discs, laser discs, and so forth. The video tape of the 80’s are fading, snapping, and loosing there color. This is especially prevalent when video tapes have been stored in very hot, very damp, or very cold […]