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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Life of Video Cassette?
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 19:59:56 EST
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> 
>    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