Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site voder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!nsc!voder!kevin From: kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Life of Video Cassette? Message-ID: <632@voder.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 20:53:22 EST Article-I.D.: voder.632 Posted: Mon Jan 14 20:53:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 06:05:08 EST References: <4578@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 16 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** 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... I would think the first thing you would notice would be white streaks across the screen (dropouts) caused by the lack of video information on the tape at those places the oxides getting to thin. If the oxide is really thin or flakes off you can't use the tape at all as the end-of- tape light will shine through and trigger the end-of-tape sensor. -- Kevin Thompson {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin "It's sort of a threat, you see. I've never been very good at them myself but I'm told they can be very effective."