
cjacek
Analogue Enthusiast
Hey Tim,
I don't get email notification of new posts anymore for some reason and I don't visit all that often so I missed your reply to me. Sorry. I know it's been a while but thanks for your answer. I actually saw your post here when I wanted to ask about VHS tapes. Tim, do older VHS tapes typically have sticky shed? Sometimes I find cool titles on VHS, often from the 80's and wonder if they're alright. Most are used not sealed. Anyway, hope you see this post.
I don't get email notification of new posts anymore for some reason and I don't visit all that often so I missed your reply to me. Sorry. I know it's been a while but thanks for your answer. I actually saw your post here when I wanted to ask about VHS tapes. Tim, do older VHS tapes typically have sticky shed? Sometimes I find cool titles on VHS, often from the 80's and wonder if they're alright. Most are used not sealed. Anyway, hope you see this post.

Sorry I didn't notice this post before. Yeah Jeff nailed it.
Remember the Ampex boxes with the label across the middle of the front the box like in your photo are still from the sticky years. Ampex changed the look so the label is across the bottom front about the time the formula was changed to fix the SSS problem. The box style was changed in late 1994. When Quantegy acquired Ampex magnetic tape division they kept the latest box style from Ampex. Though Quantegy eventally changed the color scheme to black and red, they kept the label along the bottom.