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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: DCC -- JUST SAY NO! (was: The end of cassettes,
- Message-ID: <184332@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 19:24:07 GMT
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- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- In article <1992Nov18.041231.12460@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h) writes:
- >
- >If the costs of blank tape are too high, any medium will not make
- >a significant dent in the analog cassette market. If DCC and MD tapes
- >are more expensive than DAT, then DAT will likely survive and perhaps
- >become the digital tape standard over the other two.
- >
- I'd beg to differ with that reasoning. The ability to record at
- home has very little effect on the market. The cassette didn't
- begin to grow a substantial mainstream market until pre-recorded
- material became available--as an alternative to LP's.
-
- MOST home cassette decks could be play-only and not affect the
- market a bit. Ditto for VCR's. Strange that the buying public
- doesn't buy play-only models, as that is how most are operated.
- [although more VCR's are used to record than cassettes...still
- the MAJOR useage for both is playback of pre-recorded material..]
-
- It is really only the "lunatic" or enthusiast fringe of audio
- that does any appreciable home audio taping--self serving
- statements from the record companies to the contrary.
-
- >Well, I've seen several DCC commercials in the last few days, so
- >I guess it is making its debut now.
-
- They've got them in the stores here already.
-