Now add hot swapping to the game plan. On defense, loose connectors won't blow out your peripherals. On offense, you can make mid-game substitutions without restarting the game or even calling time out. And on the bench, you have 127 slots you can play all at once. The big culprit is QC-questionable bearings.
Linear recording moves tapes quickly across fixed heads, like a shoeshine rag.
That also means bigger motors, meaning more heat, meaning even more cause for losing media integrity. This is taking longer than we figured, so Marty says we should go all the way.