Yes, my tape integrity is degrading and you can see pronounced distortion and artifacts at this pointhttps://twitter.com/EchoAngelpaw/status/1276245965029150722 …
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Arthur Chu Retweeted Notorious S.M.O.L
Yes, my tape integrity is degrading and you can see pronounced distortion and artifacts at this pointhttps://twitter.com/EchoAngelpaw/status/1276245965029150722 …
Arthur Chu added,
If only someone had thought to digitize me ten years ago Too late now
How long does a tale have before it starts turning to shit? Because I have a Madeline Kahn-narrated VHS of The Sleep Book and a missing VCR/DVD cord
Most damage to a tape comes from playing it, not just from age, but the magnetic coating on the tape does inevitably fade over time even in storage and after 15-20 years visible degradation is guaranteed
This was a whole thing that came up in press for Guardians of the Galaxy They asked experts about Starlord's famous Walkman with the one mixtape he's had since the 80s and this archivist dude is like "If he takes VERY GOOD CARE OF IT then yes it's possible it's still playable"
"The sound quality wouldn't be the best at this point, but obviously that's not Peter's concern" (Although since audio tapes hold less data degradation matters less for them than video)
"One would think that in space there would be some means available to him to digitize the tape, or at least copy it onto a fresh tape, but like many amateur archivists, Peter is sentimental"
Of course it strains credulity that Peter Quill is, like, flying through space, with the Walkman just clipped to his belt exposed to vacuum, and nothing bad happened Radiation would be very bad for the tape, although it should be very bad for his organs too
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