How to Care for an 8mm Video Tape (according to Radio Shack circa 1988)

Instructions and care for 8mm Video Tape from 1988

Another legacy analog video format, doomed to oblivion. If you happen to come across an old tape and player, these embedded instructions above will assist you in maintaining your ancient media.

The Video 8 format was introduced in 1985 by Sony, and quickly lost traction against improving standards of video; Hi8 and Digital8 formats offered better audio, image, and digital compression on the same tape media.

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