Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwspp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!stassen From: stassen@trwspp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re(2): VHS vs. Beta, Copying tapes Message-ID: <579@trwspp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 17:47:51 EDT Article-I.D.: trwspp.579 Posted: Mon Sep 17 17:47:51 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 06:41:10 EDT Organization: T R W, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 28 [] > After a few years, you'll have to copy your tapes anyway, regardless > of what type of vcr you use. Magnetic tapes are NOT long, long term > storage. Oh really? My father-in-law (the producer of "Benson") has tapes of many of his episodes, as well as tapes of some other things that he has produced (some as old as ten years). He bought a VHS recorder when they first came out (he was using an old 1-1/2 inch studio taping machine before then, and copied his whole library to VHS several years ago). The tapes are ALL fine, with no noticeable loss of signal. If you care for your tapes properly, they should be good for MANY years (more than 10). Besides, I would suspect that several generations of copying will degrade the quality of the recording much more than the small amount of print-through, stress, and drop-out that will occur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The opinions expressed in this document are my own. They are not intended to reflect the views of my employer - TRW - or anyone else. Intelligent and responsible commentaries should be directed to me; Flames to the bit bucket. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christian W. Stassen [decvax!trwrb,vortex,ihnp4!vortex]!trwspp!stassen "If we knew what the hell we were doing, then it wouldn't be research."