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Time has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking?

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Time has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Time has not been kind to VHS — Harvard Gazette

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50 years after its launch, the technology is all but obsolete.

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The other downside is, is if you play VHS enough time, you’ll get degraded quality by generation. Audio sync issues, video skipping and scattering.

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