Older videotapes

[ANN BENDER <annb@HARTCOM.NET>]

I am doing a major weeding job of videotapes this year - well this month
- due to a lack of space. Most are GPTV, Videos Lessons and Channel One.
I've determined which ones haven't been used in three years, some are
just outdated and others - it's time to erase. I've got two questions:

1. Some of these tapes date back up to ten years. Has anyone had
experience retaping on tapes that are several years old. Would I be
smarter to simply pitch them - since I have oodles of new blank tapes in
the supply closet.

2. It if is feasible to reuse these tapes - is there a quick way to
erase besides purchasing an expensive piece of equipment. It would take
us months to erase these things one at a time on the vcr. I expect to
have almost 150 tapes to erase by the time I'm through weeding.

Ann Bender
Media Specialist
Hart County Middle School
Hartwell, GA   30643

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