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Originally Posted by m100
I'm still converting VHS tapes (usually concert recordings) from the early 1980's and suffering very few breakages. What I would say is if anyone is winding a VHS back to the beginning try not to go the whole way in one go. The only place i have had breakage is at the start of tapes and it is actually easy to repair in order to at least play the tape once. You'll need the smallest screwdrivers you can find to undo the casing on the tape and a glue stick (pritt stick works fine) top the rejoin off with a tiny piece of sticky tape, get the casing back together and you're good to go.
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That's good to know... but my understanding is that the magnetic tape starts to degrade in 10-25 years.
More info:
https://www.scancafe.com/image-prese...ideotape-decay
So, the farther we get from the heyday of VHS (early-80s to late-90s), eventually these tape are going to degrade to such a point that they won't be recoverable.
The time to archive to digital is now.