[QuadList] Sony tape plants flooded--REusing tapes suggested by vendor--Archive effects

[george keller]

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From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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On Mar 18, 2011, at 7:44 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:


Here is a good look at the situation:


http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/465408-Japan_Quake_Leaves_U_S_Production_Community_Facing_Shortages_Price_Hikes.php



I noted with interest this passage:


Comtel Pro Media's Cohen notes that companies can adapt to the shortage of HDCam SR tapes by going back to older media or using different camera systems. "The question is how readily available those cameras might be," and the problems producers might face in their workflow when they switch to different cameras and formats during production and post-production, he says. 

A more viable solution, he believes, is to recycle tapes. "It is a very robust format" that can be recorded over "multiple times," he says. "We already working with our existing customers to take some existing library tapes [and transfer them to solid state media] so they can be reused." 



Does this remind anyone of the early days of Quad?  A lot of programs don't exist because the tape was recorded over.


One can hope that the content on tapes about to be used again has been backed up onto other storage media... but this might be an issue for archives that store content on the original source material.


What then?


>From all indications, whatever's in the future will be more costly.


Ted


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