BennyBledsoe
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Sorry but chances are that a 17 year old VHS tape hasn't decomposed by now are extremely slim, unless someone regularly watched and rewound them periodlically, and kept them stored in a dehumidified environment.
Sorry but chances are that a 17 year old VHS tape hasn't decomposed by now are extremely slim, unless someone regularly watched and rewound them periodlically, and kept them stored in a dehumidified environment.
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Does Kevin Faulk play for the Patriots or the Washington Sentinnels (The Replacements reference)?
For VHS tapes being stored and used under normal circumstances, in typical household, have a longer longevity than 25 years. They start to degrade after 10 years, maybe more if it's an higher grade tape, but a 17 years old tape should still play fine today.
I have a sizable VHS collection, with a few tapes older than 25 years, and none of them have died on me yet.
Don't want to derail the thread, but magnetic tape media has a longevity of 10-30 years. If you have tapes that you treasure, better convert them soon.