On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 12:18 -0600, Glenn English wrote:
On Jul 13, 2013, at 3:08 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
I'm interested in experiences of others. In my experience CDs and DVDs
more likely will fail, than HDDs do.
My 10 DLT tapes
I don't know DLT, but many people I know and myself have experiences
with DAT. The tapes are equal to DDS.
The problem here aren't the tapes, but the drives. I never heard of a
DAT drive that lived very long, neither consumer, nor professional
studio DATs. The mechanic is comparable with VHS video recorders, but
they are that small, that the size of a drive sometimes is as small as a
Walkman. Spaghettied tapes are a common issue for DAT, since DDS is the
same I won't trust it and I suspect DLT doesn't differ much.