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by yial 642 days ago
You have a point, but considering Betamax tapes only stopped production in 2016, (the recorders in 2002) and the proliferation of dvd / Blu-ray, etc is much higher I think 20 years is safe. 30 however…

But is there any format you can promise every part of it will be in production in 20 years ?

Amazon still lists some refurbished vhs players but…