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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: 0.214s | source
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brudgers ◴[30 Jun 25 21:41 UTC] No.44428217[source]▶
DAT entered the market at about the same time as CD, but was much less successful. For all its notional advantages, DAT never really caught on in the domestic market

Audio distribution dominates the consumer market and CD’s can be pressed much like a vinyl record. Basically, producing a full fledged CD takes about the same effort as manufacturing half the cassette case for DAT.

A CD is a mechanically stamped plastic widget. A DAT tape requires a BOM and assembly before loading it with data.

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kevin_thibedeau ◴[30 Jun 25 23:13 UTC] No.44428925[source]▶
The CD stampers were expensive to fabricate.
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1. justsomehnguy ◴[01 Jul 25 00:39 UTC] No.44429451[source]▶
And? For the any long run the cost of the CD drops way below $0.15

It literally costs more to ship that CD to the store than to make it. And if that CD is selling for $25 retail (without the tax in the US) you already made at least 100x times the cost.