Most home-recorded videos aren’t so lucky. The Runge family donated an old VCR to Goodwill and thought nothing about looking inside for the hidden video tape. “We’d gone through several moves in the last few years and kept giving away things to Goodwill because our house kept getting smaller,” Regina said. Regina Runge had no idea that her VHS tape of her daughter Taylor was missing. Find Those Old Videos and Set Them AsideĪccidents happen and hidden video treasures are everywhere. It was a family treasure of a daughter (Taylor’s) first year birthday. A family had accidentally donated it with the VCR, leaving the video tape buried inside. In the summer of 2016, Franklin Ritch bought an old VHS tape while shopping at a Goodwill store. Lest you think this isn’t a problem for you, here’s a cautionary tale.
In addition to the hurdles of repeated playback, winding, and re-winding, most magnetic-based media will eventually fade away – forever. Old video tape, VHS, Betamax, SVHS, VHS-C and Hi 8 share one thing in common: they are all magnetic media. Unlike photographs, video cassettes have a special set of longevity problems. Most homemade video tapes 10 to 25 years old probably won’t see the end of this decade. 5 Urgent Things to Do to Preserve Video Tape Memories Regina Runge had no idea she was even missing a VHS tape containing the memories of the first year of life of her only child, Taylor, who is now 21.
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