The End of Film?

31. pseudosafari
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     composite1, you bring up a good point.  it's ironic that really, the best method for storing digital media is a tape drive, according to most of the techie folks out there, not a disc or hard drive.  go figure.

    Posted 2 years ago #

32. birdcat
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    It may be digital but there are many CD's that have been remastered from tapes - some very old.

    I actually have a CD of an older recording (Schubert's 8th) that has print through from the old analog tapes!

    At least backup tape media is digital - but also subject to the effects of time and temperature.

    Bruce Paul
    7Squared Productions
    http://www.7squared.com

    Posted 2 years ago #

33. composite1
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    My serious beef with everything digital is the 'long term factor'. It would seem that the more complex our capabilities get, the least likely they will stand the test of time. Granted it goes without saying that sitting in the multiplex watching the latest flick in 3D IMAX beats reading a stone tablet. But 3,000 years from now if there's anyone around I'm willing to bet my own cash with interest, the stone tablet will be around for those people to read. Will the IMAX film and all the things needed to make it viewable be around and accessable? I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

    In our rush to go 'paperless', we seem to generate more paper and set ourselves up for real trouble when the power goes off. I had a first hand look at that scenario last year during the southern ice storm disaster. When there's no electricity, no gas for cars or generators and the mice are too tired to run the treadmill, it's 1850 without the horses. So unless we figure out how to make this stuff work without power, digital has a major 'Achilles' Heel'.

    H.Wolfgang Porter, Composite Media Producer
    Dreaded Enterprises Unlimited, Inc.
    http://www.dreadedenterprises.com

    Posted 2 years ago #

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