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Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:I'm surprised nobody has released an all-singing-and-dancing MP3 player in a body shell styled like an old chunky Walkman yet.
With all the retro gear people seem to lap up they'd make a mint for what would be pretty cheap to make.
I had an industry knock off that was the same shape, colour and weight of an aircraft's black box. I swear I could drop it under a bus and it wouldn't even notice.
You don't get that kind of sturdiness out of today's new-fangled MP3 players. Mind, you can now actually get them in pockets, etc.
Reports of the death of the cassette are greatly exaggerated. For instance, I understand that the Plod still use them for recording interviews. They're cheap, reliable, and not prone to easy tampering.
I even believe that you can still get 1/4" reel-to-reel tape.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:I'm surprised nobody has released an all-singing-and-dancing MP3 player in a body shell styled like an old chunky Walkman yet.
With all the retro gear people seem to lap up they'd make a mint for what would be pretty cheap to make.
markfiend wrote:Reports of the death of the cassette are greatly exaggerated. For instance, I understand that the Plod still use them for recording interviews. They're cheap, reliable, and not prone to easy tampering.
I even believe that you can still get 1/4" reel-to-reel tape.
Joyce's grandad, who's registered blind, gets his talking books on cassettes. Books on any medium needing a digital display would be pointless.
I am a Leeds United fan because I was very naughty in a previous life.
All i can say is sometimes i wish some people still tried making analogue recordings.. i daresay the best quality Sisters bootleg isn't DAT, it's analogue, probably Walkman.
Not that i suffer from being sentimental about them.
LouLou wrote:i think i also have one of my later walkmans still lurking around somewhere. it was a panasonic and it actually CHANGED DIRECTION OF PLAYBACK!!!
i was chuffed to bits when i first got it.
*sigh*
Oooooooo, auto-reverse - very flash! I had one of those - IIRC it died somewhat mysteriously as the result of being dropped off a hotel balcony into a swimming pool.
"I won't go down in history, but I probably will go down on your sister."
Hank Moody