Say what? Say Super-8!

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Preserving Videotapes

Ordinary VHS videotapes are like audio tape recordings. They're made up of little magnetic bits on the tape, and those little bits decay, making your video get snowier and snowier. There's no way to stop that-You can re-record your tape, but the second-generation copy won't be as sharp as the original, and it will still have the snow in it. If you would like to save a little of the footage, you can use one of those film-to-video transfer devices in reverse, and film some of your old videos onto Super 8

Kodachrome film. It will cost you almost $10 a minute for silent movies (Super 8 sound film is no longer made). But that film will last 100 years before any noticeable fading occurs. Each frame of film will only be projected for a fraction of a second each time you view the film, so you can view it quite often without fading the film. If you have a modern, digital camcorder, you may want to do the same thing. In principle, digital files last forever. But see above.