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- From: rsilvers@nynexst.com (Robert Silvers)
- Subject: Re: DAT, DCC and MD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.202804.5343@nynexst.com>
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- Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
- References: <C15ozr.C3F@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1993Jan20.181814.7223@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1993Jan20.213028.23989@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 20:28:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.213028.23989@e2big.mko.dec.com> winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan20.181814.7223@bmerh85.bnr.ca>,
- >shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
-
- >industry. A very large segment (I hesitate to say the majority) of the mass-
- >market for tape decks is driven by the availability of pre-recorded tapes.
- >This is why DAT didn't get very far when Sony did its consumer deck push a
- >year or two ago.
-
- I disagree. Anyone that can afford a DAT recorder already has a CD
- player and therfore would never buy a prerecorded DAT. I claim that DAT never
- made it as a consumer format only because of price. Most people want to spend
- under $150.00 for a tape deck. (as sorry as that sounds).
-
- --Rob.
-