Tape is a linear method of storing information and thus imposes delays to access a portion of the tape that is not already against the heads. The early 2000s saw the introduction and rise to prominence of high-quality random-access video recording media such as hard disks and flash memory. Since then, videotape has been increasingly relegated to archival and similar uses.
tape is a linear method of storing information and thus imposes delays to access a portion of the tape that is not already against the heads the early 2000s saw the introduction and rise to prominence of high-quality random-access video recording media such as hard disks and flash memory since then videotape has been increasingly relegated to archival and similar uses