Jesse Bekas |
July 21st, 2004 03:11 PM |
I don't want to answer for Shane, but I believe he was inquiring as to the lifespan of a tape in general, I found this, but am not sure how reliable it is...
http://www.cjstechnologies.com/Miscellaneous/DVD%20vs%20MiniDV.htm
It compares the miniDV and DVD formats and claims the miniDV lifespan to be 20-30 years. That's not too surprising considering I have VHS tapes from when I was a kid (18-20 years ago) that still work. Being that the new format is digital, as the tape ages, you will experience dropouts instead of degraded picture quality. What still plays after 30 years will look as if it had never aged a day.
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