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June 21, 2005
cassettes are in their sunset years
Probably qualifies as "bloody obvious" but the beeb have a bit of a piece on how Casette Tapes are on the way out. I know, earth shattering news.
But still, it's nice to know that the format will at least hold a little nostalgia for fans of dead formats. It's interesting because i'm pretty sure formats like 3 1/4" floppies won't be missed, but 5 1/2" floppies probably will. Perhaps its because the design cues that these kinds of media take are much more appealing to the content generators and merchants of cool.
There's also been a few cassette tape style mp3 players surface that do nice things with the cassette retro styling. Or perhaps you want to hook up your Ipod Shuffle to a Cassette player on the cheap?
Regardless, I still have a couple of much loved tapes on my car for when the radio goes on the blink & or I feel the need for my Jimi or Beatles mix tapes. Nostalgia 2005 style - BBC News: Not long left for cassette tapes
Posted by funnelbc at June 21, 2005 11:57 AM
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