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Precisely. Look at all the 60 year old used vinyl records that have survived and are still just as playable to this day. There's tons of them floating around.
by AndrewUnmuted 10y ago
Precisely.
Look at all the 60 year old used vinyl records that have survived and are still just as playable to this day. There's tons of them floating around. On the other hand, it's much harder to find even a 30 year old used CD that still plays fully and without error.
- yarrel 10y agoA 30 year old tape may simply coat your playback head with iron oxide, snap, jam, or have lost its label as the glue has failed.
- djrogers 10y agoThe comparison is between CDs and tapes, not vinyl. Pull a 30 year old tape out of your closet and pray it doesn't leave little bits of itself all over your tape player....
- caf 10y agoWell, those 60 year old vinyl records that are still playable were no doubt treated pretty reverentially by their owner over that time. CDs that were handled as carefully as people handle vinyl have lasted at least as well (I don't have any 30 year old CDs but I do have some just getting to 20 years, and those still play fine).
- masklinn 10y agoA cassette will not be more resilient than a CD for that kind of "archival" use-cases.