resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 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-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up190file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up190external-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.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoI thought tape film lasted a really long time.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 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.