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Originally Posted by Eric H
Unlikely to erase but the tape itself could degrade and become unplayable at some point, I haven't found many like that yet unless they were stored very poorly.
DVD-r isn't a good solution, I have had quite a few of them (and CD's) become unplayable in a relatively short period of time, far shorter than tape, largely due to the stick on labels that were popular a decade or so ago.
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I knew it was more of an "old wives' tale" than anything else, probably just another plea to get everyone to "modernize."