Reddit reviews Maxell 109085 Brick Packs Optimally Designed for Voice Recording, Low Noise Surface with 60 Min Recording Time Per Tape
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Optimally designed for voice recording, its Low Noise surface provides a suitable media for music, as wellTotal recording time per cassette tape is 60 minutes or 30 minutes per side
The tapes used in the show are UR-60 audio cassettes which hold 30 minutes of audio per side. You can identify the type of tape by looking at this image (note the white text in the red squares). The running times of the episodes are between 54 to 58 minutes, so the show is roughly twice as long as the tapes.
I use these. :-)
> You had to buy a cd player/stereo/laptop/etc at one point, did you not? I'm not understanding the argument of cost.
Yeah, but my point being is that you likely still have a capable device around. Tape decks? Quite a bit older and less people still have this equipment. Tape decks also lack the multiple use scenario of a CD/DVD drive. Software, data, games, movies, and music all come on discs so the things that play these discs are much more ubiquitous.
>CDs can be found for around $0.30 each
http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-94691-Branded-Recordable-50-Disc/dp/B00029U1DK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375136983&sr=8-1&keywords=blank+cd
$0.20 a CD. So half the cost compared to your number and it only goes cheaper the more bulk you go for.
Let's spend $10 on tapes now to make this purely an Amazon comparison. http://www.amazon.com/Maxell-UR-60-Blank-Audio-Cassette/dp/B000087NBV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375137258&sr=8-1&keywords=blank+tape
Well, can't do that, so let's get two of these and spend $12.
$0.75/tape.
You keep bringing up how much they're sold for and that's besides the point. They're selling them for cheaper than CDs because of the market they're selling them to. According to the numbers here it's actually giving the labels a much smaller profit margin.
Tape doesn't have the large album art of vinyl nor the sound quality of vinyl or CDs. They have what, portability? That is why 8 tracks lost according to some. But I'm sure no one is still using that portable tape deck.