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Originally Posted by site123a
I was always interested in the DVD-RAMs since the media is protected in a cartridge, however the price of the discs kept putting me off.
I listen to Leo Laporte a lot, and he keeps telling people "after 10 years tapes de-grade to the point were there un-watchable anymore", and "tapes will stick and you'll won't be able to play them anymore".
I don't know why he keeps telling people this since the chance of this happening is not as big as he makes it seems, however I should add that he doesn't like using DVDs or hard drive for archiving nether...
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Leo Laporte! Used to watch him on "The Screen Savers" on the old ZDTV channel. He's wrong on the lifespan of video tape. I have plenty of old VHS and Beta tapes from the late '70s-early '80S that play perfectly fine.
You should hang on to those old tapes, especially the ones your friend copied to DVD-R. When the DVDs will no longer play, the tapes probably will and you can sell them back to him, if the tapes were kept in an air-conditioned place, not in a barn, attic or garage.