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> How long would data last on tape? > The Canadian Conservation Institute says that VHS tapes have a 10-30 year lifespan, on average. https://www.canada.ca/en
by dmix 3y ago
> How long would data last on tape?
> The Canadian Conservation Institute says that VHS tapes have a 10-30 year lifespan, on average.
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/technical-bulletins/digitization-vhs-video-tapes.html#a2b https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/con...
That sucks, I just got in VHS for various reasons and bought a 1987 copy of Ghostbusters. It still works despite being 36yrs old. I'm curious what it means for tape to degrade and how to detect it in films.
- Waterluvian 3y agoIn my experience the magnetism weakens and the video just becomes more and more staticy. But I think there’s also physical degradation of the tape.
- vsviridov 3y agoThere's magnetic cross-talk in effect between layers of tape in the spool, so it is recommended to rewind archive tapes every once in a while to shift the overlapping regions slightly.