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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Hey K-ON! fans I have the exclusive on the next hot piece of limited edition merchandise!!
The box is half-full and comes with a certificate of authenticity! Only ¥2400000!! ACT NOW |
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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SOLD!!!
That's amazing. Well, that was my hearty laugh of the day. |
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manga1
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merchindising is all about, collectabillity, not practicality, and put out as much stuff as you can that will appeal to the intended audiance, then you worry about stayingpower.
but fifty dollers for a cassett player seriously its expencive and you can find ones with all the functions on ebay or a specialty shop in a big city. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 7580 Location: Wales |
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Everyone surprised by this has clearly forgotten about this article and the very first forum reply of "I doubt many people if any still have a cassette player."
Cassette players don't record by definition. Few if any personal cassette devices have ever had recording capability - that's what dictaphones are for.
Yes, while auto-stop is a bit like putting "animated menus" down as an extra feature on a DVD (although I've had cheap old recorders that required you to press the stop key when the tape reached the end), all early cassette players required you to physically eject and turn over the tape until tape heads that either rotated or had two sets of pickups were invented. |
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ssgOverlord
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Heh, reminds me of this: Although...I kinda do want the cassette player to go with my incoming LE insert album... |
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Josh7289
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I don't get it.
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
Posts: 1684 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Everyone in pro video still uses the BetaCAM formats for professional stuff (in SD, at least). Not the same thing as BetaMAX, but a distant ancestor. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Are cassette tapes even being made anymore? Why on earth anyone would this inane prices is beyond me. If you really wanted me, could easily pick a off brand one up for about $15-20 dollars that probably can do more than one thing. What is even more hilarious is actual price of this over priced players is probably half, if not more than the retail cost. Cheap plastic, paint and hot glue very inexpensive. But seriously audio cassette players? It would be fine if it were 1994 but it's a little odd people are still making them in 2010. |
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Sunday Silence
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Meh, i'll wait for the K-ON! flamethrower. |
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LUNI_TUNZ
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Hey, the girl was looking for a cassette player. I figured I'd steer her to a cheaper one, that'll most likely play the same quality, anyway. As for the second part, that's why it's so stupid in the first place. It's an obsolete format, being produced for novelty. |
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chocobolily
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I don't know, I think it's pretty cute/nostalgic. A bit silly, but no one's being forced to buy it.
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SonicRenegade84
Posts: 630 Location: Atlantis! |
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Just for the record, everything that was posted on this thread has been bought by me. You'll receive your payments on Dec. 21, 2012.
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Vicserr
Posts: 480 Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico USA |
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I guess factories in China are still cranking them out for countries where people still haven't embraced the MP3 model and are still on the Cassette/CD age. |
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DuelLadyS
Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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Actually, my grandmother does, in fact, have a wax cylinder player. So a quick Ebay trip for a reel-to-reel set (or another dig through my relative's stuff) and I get my permit back, right? In all honesty, this really probably isn't as stupid as we all think- if Japanese Otaku are willing to pay for a casette they can't play, they'll certainly pay for a matching walkman. If only the people who made Cowboy Bebop had thought of this, we could have Faye Valetine Beta tapes and machines floating around. |
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nagato316
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Nice try, Mr. Still-Gonna-Have-a-Delinquent-Account with various vendors when 12/22/2012 rolls around. Yeah, I said when. Oops.
Scrounge up Mini-Disc and DAT players and we'll take your reinstatement to the Audio Archeological Society under advisement at a more expedited rate. I guarantee nothing beyond that.
As a proud and card-carrying member of the old school, it's not so much stupid as it is...really really steeply priced. But it's like the old saying goes, vote with your wallet, and I guess more power to you (and obviously KyoAni) if you can and choose to do so. I can't, but I'll live...having said that... I would've have actually considered owning Bebop on Beta back in the day...yes I used to have a player. Besides, it's commonly acknowledged that Beta was better visually than VHS. And taking into account the dollar-to-woolong ratio...*does the calculations*...Dammit! Okay, maybe not. |
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