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From: jhc@hou5g.UUCP (Jonathan Clark)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Mag tape shielding
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 11:06:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 15 11:06:24 1985
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I read a scholarly article about this some little time ago
where the point was made that most TV sets are pretty well
shielded on the sides and top. Thus the only direction you
have to worry about is straight down. Apparently no-one
really knows what effect proximity to a monitor will have
on videotapes but gradual deterioration of picture quality
over a period of months or years is expected. Try standing
the monitor on (or lining the videotape compartment of your
furniture with) a sheet of aluminium foil if you like - that
should stop most of the low-energy EM radiation.

Jonathan Clark
ATT ISL Holmdel NJ
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