Tape cassettes

[WPPCProductions]

Hi All.Any of you still use cassettes for recording.I think the last time that I record onto cassette got go back to the 1990's.Excluding repairs for customers.Walmart still stocks C-90's in my local store.I went digital with my desktop in 1998 .minidisc in 2001.

 

[cd637299]

You betcha. I'm still getting the hang of this newfangled Internet deal (for the last 15 years, to be exact).

I record DX from remote areas, and I don't have the wherewithal to use the more modern stuff.

It may come to me eventually!

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[WPPCProductions]

I wonder when the stores will stop carrying cassettes.Minidisc's are still available over the internet or from stores like B&H.VHS probably soon fade away into the media sunset.

 

[Kmagrill]

I wonder when the stores will stop carrying cassettes.Minidisc's are still available over the internet or from stores like B&H.VHS probably soon fade away into the media sunset.

VHS is already getting hard to find. I have a commercial grade VHS VCR that I still use for timeshifting. The video on it is quite acceptable, even on a large screen, though certainly no match for a blue ray disc.

I read somewhere recently that a group of so-called audio "enthusiasts" prefer cassettes to digital. I suppose they must like hiss. I haven't listened to a cassette tape in well over 10 years. The random access of digital did it for me. No more FF or RW.

 

[WPPCProductions]

With digital if the power drops out for a second or two .What ever it recorded will be corrupt and gone.With analog there will only be a glich in the recording.I dont trust my dvd recorders due to crappy discs or worring about power outages so i run vhs back ups at the same time.

 

[cd637299]

Also, any analog TV DX is *only* with VHS. It must be constant and decent reception to get it onto DVD. I know----I tried dubbing my old TV DX onto DVD....ferrrrr-get it!

Now, if I get TV DX of digital TV stations, I still use VHS as well; but if I wanted to dub onto DVD, I would see no problem.

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[chriscollins]

TV DX is a lot different now.

I ran a scan during a strong ducting event and picked up stations from >700 miles. Occasional dropped pixel, but perfect reception during the ducting event. No static and waiting... LOL. Took some of the fun out of it.

 

[wgliradio]

One major problem I've had with digital recorders is airchecking AM on the road. A lot of them throw out a lot of noise and they need to be situated far from the receiver. Netbooks are great for AM as long as you find a good charger if you need. I went thru 3 chargers before finding one that didn't light up the dial when plugged in.

I have a good portable recording cassette walkman I use if I need to tape AM on the road. My Grundig G8 works well enough for FM with the headphone jack providing "clean enough" audio to make a recording. I've actually tried some other portables with a "line out" option, but the tuners, while very sensitive, don't sound so good and the recordings are actually much worse.

 

[WPPCProductions]

I have no problem with my Roland Edirol digital recorder on the road as long I dont use the power adapter along with the AC inverter.It will sound like a subsitute for an Iboc generator.I will get about 3 plus hours of nonstop airchecking with Duracell 2000mah batteries.This past summer when I was traveling in New Jersey,Upstate NY plus the state of Mass.It worked great with the setup I built for on the road airchecking which is a GM Delco AM stereo/FM stereo/Cassette with a line out mod for recording.With a whip mounded on the roof rack.The power pack work ok on FM with the strong station but crappy with alittle whine with the weak stations.With a inverter I could use a old home cassette deck in the car just to get a old time feeling.Hahaha.