Question

Why magnets should be kept away from the video or audio tapes?

Answer 1

Cassettes and computer "floppy" disks use magnetic fields to store the information. ... Television, ESPECIALLY color television, uses magnetic fields to control the picture. Storing a magnet next to a television can cause the picture to look bad -- but the damage is usually not permanent.

Answer 2

Because magnets are continuously in magnetic fields and slowly the power of that field decreases and then ceases.....