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  1. Joe Karlosi

    How long do tapes and DVDs last? Seems like my VHS collection is going to hell...

    I'm actually quite surprised to hear this, because I have heard collectors complain regularly about DVD-R's that eventually stop playing, or that freeze, or that act all finicky, with a lot of hiccups. By all accounts the consensus has been that this type of media has yet to really be perfected...
  2. Joe Karlosi

    How long do tapes and DVDs last? Seems like my VHS collection is going to hell...

    I couldn't agree more. DVD-R's are not dependable, and this is a shame. We like to transfer our VHS tapes over to DVD-R for convenience, but the unfortunate irony is that we must still hold onto the original cassette tapes as the "masters", because that shiny little disc will never last as long...
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