If you have betamax or VHS tapes; it must have been spoiled
by now I mean whenever a new technology comes along…the old one dies and
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 very
dry. The video-tapes I took of my family are preserved for many years and when
I took it back to the Philippines; I wrapped it in plastic always careful not
to open it during rainy season when the humidity is dump.
The advent of digital technology that allows us to take
pictures and videos for as frequent as we inhale air; we tend to ignore
preserving it. Mark my word; 20 years from now…you will not have any of the
videos you take today that you wish you have preserved. Make it a habit to keep
your files in an external disc because no one keeps a laptop/desktop and cell
phone for 20 years and beyond. No personal gadget lasts that long.
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