RE: [AV Media Matters] Analogue vs digital tape stock

[russm@idirect.com]

I would never use old tape for archiving either (then again, I wouldn't use
digital tape either...but now I'm starting an arguement).

Have I ever told this story?

The NFB and a certain local TV station had a deal where the station would
produce promos on tape and the NFB would transfer it via Teledyne to 16mm
film.

The first time out, the station asked what format they should master to and
I told them the highest quality we could handle at the time was Beta.  A
week or so later, our publicist brought me a Betamax tape!

Russ M.
 Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:21 PM, Jim Wheeler [SMTP:Jimwheeler@aol.com]
wrote:

>A friend of mine put a hole in each of his old BetaMax tapes and used
them
>in
>his Betacam-SP Camcorder.  For non-critical recordings, this is okay.
>
>For archival recording, I would never use an old tape.
>
>We can no longer use "Name Brand" to refer to "the best".  Names like
>Magnavox, RCA, and Irish have been sold to companies that make the tape
in
>Tatwan.
>
>Jim Wheeler
>
>