Image quality in old videotapes

[tvcollector]

I find the image quality on some old home movie Beta tapes I recorded back in the 90s, the quality of the image looks as good as the day they were recorded.... I find that tapes will last much longer than DVD's and CD-Rs... #1 the simple fact that the tape is completely protected by the cassette shell, unlike DVD and CD where even oils from your skin is harmful. I'm a Disc Jockey and I handle discs alot, and I see on these cheap CD-Rs where the oils has deteriorated the disc on the sides, and even some spots on discs where you can see seethrough holes in the material of the discs.. Believe it or not, the "Disk" technology is on it's way out.. I can see even those flash memory sticks are going to be a BIG way of storing audio and video, Even the new TVs these days are being made with USB ports.. I remember those days we disc jockeys used those, what the new generation calls "those BIG black round things", "Vinyl" which Disc Jockeys abandon, believe it or not, not too long ago back around 2005, 2006... And Vinyl even holds up much better than those CDs.. Now a laptop and a $400 DJ program which comes with gear is all we need, as disc jockeys are now starting to abandon CD...