Salut Cameron,
 JK>> There's a royalty on both, VHS and Audio-DAT tapes. What I'm using is
 JK>> DAT-Streamer tapes, which have no royalty on them, and their quality is
 JK>> better (specified for longer use, higher speed, etc.) Plus, they exist
 JK>> in 90m and 120m (m for meter) version, whereas the Audio-DATs are only
 JK>> available up to 60m/120min.
 CH> Now that sounds interesting. :)
But you have to be careful with the 90m and 120m types, there's some players, 
especially walkman type players, that don't like them very much.
 JK>> But recently there has been a huge price drop on CD-Rs over here. They
 JK>> have become cheaper than even DAT streamer tapes.
 CH> Has anyone tested those things against sun damage?  In time I'd like to
 CH> get a writer and move some old cassette stuff over to a better storage
 CH> medium. 
You mean how a CD-R behaves when exposed to direct sunlight? Well, I wouldn't 
even consider to do that, but I would also not expose my DATs or diskettes to 
sunlight.
All these melt relatively early. (For example when left in a cars windows in 
summer.)
bye ....
         Joe
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