resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up177arrow-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.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI thought tape film lasted a really long time.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.