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Sony DTC-700 audio DAT player/recorder

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115 points naves | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 18:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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wombatpm ◴[30 Jun 25 21:54 UTC] No.44428319[source]▶
I remember the DAT as a format killed by IP lawyers. The were many lawsuits seeking to prevent their sale in the US due to piracy concerns. The media was incredibly expensive. I only ever saw them in use for backup devices in small data centers. Even that went away once disks became cheaper.
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1. kevin_thibedeau ◴[30 Jun 25 23:12 UTC] No.44428913[source]▶
It's use case was limited to people who needed to make digital recordings. For consumption, CDs are far more convenient.