If you have Betamax or VHS tapes, they must have spoiled by now. I mean, whenever a new technology comes along, the old one dies and is forgotten, as in dead and buried. Living in the tropics easily spoils tapes with
molds. In this part of Saudi Arabia
where I live and work, the weather, although it is cool most of the year, is arid. The video tapes I took of my family are preserved for many years, and when I took them back to the Philippines, I wrapped them in plastic, always careful not to open them during the rainy season when the humidity is high.
The advent of digital technology that allows us to take
pictures and videos as frequently as we inhale air, we tend to ignore preserving them. Mark my word; 20 years from now…you will not have any of the
videos you take today that you wish you had preserved. Make it a habit to keep
your files in an external disc because no one holds a laptop/desktop and cell
phone for 20 years and beyond. No personal gadget lasts that long.
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