resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTime has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking?news.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkTime has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking?news.harvard.eduresipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoI thought tape film lasted a really long time.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoFilm does, depending on how it’s stored. VHS is much thinner, and more prone to damage. There’s also a huge difference between professional tapes and “get the cheapest 5-pack at the store” we all used to have.
I thought tape film lasted a really long time.
Film does, depending on how it’s stored. VHS is much thinner, and more prone to damage. There’s also a huge difference between professional tapes and “get the cheapest 5-pack at the store” we all used to have.