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Old 2nd June 2010 | 15:56
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The VHS tapes will last longer than the DVDs.

The longevity of DAT (audio) tapes is another bete-noir of mine - and others:

Archivists Warn: Don't Depend on Digital Tape

One snippet from the 1995 article relates to CD-R

Nichols, who has started a new company that specializes in audio restoration, said he's been working with Kodak's CD-R, which, through accelerated aging tests, is now said to have an archival life of 267 years.
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