 
 <prompt> "Instead of make dem last pass person lifetime, the mechanics of videocassettes instead do wetin? Given the previous question, write a context wey contain the answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context:" <response>: ```LaserDiscs fit get longer lifespan pass videocassettes. Because the discs dey read optically instead of magnetically, no physical contact need to dey between the player and the disc, except for the player's clamp wey dey hold the disc for center as e dey spin and read. As a result, playback no go wear the information-bearing part of the discs, and properly manufactured LDs fit theoretically last pass person lifetime. By contrast, VHS tape dey hold all of im picture and sound information for the tape for magnetic coating wey dey in contact with the spinning heads for the head drum, wey dey cause progressive wear with each use (though later for VHS's lifespan, engineering improvements allow tapes to be made and played back without contact). Also, the tape dey thin and delicate, and e dey easy for player mechanism, especially on a low quality or malfunctioning model, to mishandle the tape and damage am by creasing am, frilling (stretching) im edges, or even breaking am.``` 