Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 11, 1995 TAG: 9504110098
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RAY REED
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
T.J., Lexington
A: Good-quality tapes purchased today should last 15 years with reasonable care, professional users and retailers said.
By then we'll be into the next video revolution and won't need tapes anymore.
Video images will be stored on a new-wave successor to today's compact discs and computer chips. We'll play them on the same screen we'll use for face-to-camera conferences via satellite on the information highway.
The tapes we treasure now can be transferred to that new technology, just as the Super 8 home movies we shot 20 years ago now are played on video at reunions and weddings.
Your family tapes, if they're 5 years old or more, might need to be copied before they start to deteriorate.
Other suggestions from video professionals: Store in a cool, dry place - several feet from your speakers.
Humidity, extreme temperatures and sunlight are bad. Speakers - even those in your TV - have magnets that can damage tapes if they're stored too near.
Temperatures of 50 to 75 degrees are safe; the tapes probably won't collect moisture in that climate.
Avoid sunlight. Ultraviolet rays have magnetic effects.
NIT profits
Q: Virginia Tech recently played five basketball games in the National Invitation Tournament. How much money did Tech make on each of these?|
|T.B., Roanoke A: The balance sheet hasn't been totaled, but Jeff Bourne, business manager in Tech's athletic department, expects to net about $60,000 from the NIT.
The tournament is designed to cover the travel costs for up to 25 people from each school. Teams that progress to the final stages accumulate shares.
By winning the tournament, Tech garnered six shares, each worth about $10,000, Bourne said.
Tech also will pay the travel expenses of cheerleaders and the pep band.|
D-Day memorial gift
Q: Where can an individual make a contribution to the D-Day memorial in Bedford? We recently lost a friend who landed on the beach that day and would like to make a contribution in his memory.|
|R.W., Roanoke A: Send a letter identifying your friend, along with a check, to D-Day Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 77, Bedford, Va. 24523.
"We will certainly memorialize that person," said Bob Slaughter, a leader of the D-Day committee. Plans are still being made for fund raising, and large gifts probably will be acknowledged on smaller monuments at the site, Slaughter said.|
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