Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Life of Video Cassette? Message-ID: <7443@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 19:59:56 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7443 Posted: Wed Jan 16 19:59:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 05:26:16 EST References: <4578@cbscc.UUCP> <632@voder.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 > > Seems to me that the only way a tape could wear out would be if the > oxide coating starts to flake off from too many loadings/unloadings or > just from a lot of use. Of course if it's a cheap tape to begin with... > Of course, the recorded information may degrade before the tape physically does. Maybe the little magnetic paricles loose they're mobility. Maybe it rusts (oops, I guess it can't, it's already rusted). -Ron