Got any old wedding footage on VHS or original Camcorder tapes?
Although VHS life expectancy varies from one VHS tape to the next, they have been found to deteriorate 10 to 20 percent over the course of 10 to 25 years. Tapes aren’t just the magnetic film inside. The plastic on the casing can become brittle in as little as 10 years and the glue that holds the tape to the reels can unbind quicker than you’d think.
Tapes recorded in the 1980s & 1990s will now be approaching the end of their life cycle.