that helps... so basically, multiple copies, multiple formats... and some sort of archival quality box for the tapes? Is it worth duping the tapes at some point or is that over the top? m On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 10:26 AM, R B Williams wrote: > The slower 1x burned discs have a better chance of long term survival, > imho. I have > masters 11 years old now that read as new. > > That being said, I still save a disc image of the DVD on harddrive > plus the final > project tape and original tapes, of course. Humidity and heat are the > real dangers as > they always have been for tape. > > R.B.