Topic: Currys to eject audio cassettes

[Clive]

The digital world has finally caught up with the humble audio cassette as electrical retailer Currys announced it will stop stocking them.

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[Simon]

I haven't used a blank cassette for years, but still have plenty of pre-recorded tapes I use in the car.  It's a shame to see these old formats disappearing, but I suppose the same was said for 8 track cartridges when they disappeared in the early 80s.

[Clive]

I can't remember the last time I had a car with a tape deck Simon.  I threw out all my tapes long ago.  Most were copies anyway.  At least they were easier to store around the car than CD's which look unsightly when stashed in the door compartments.

[Sandra]

  It's a shame to see these old formats disappearing, but I suppose the same was said for 8 track cartridges when they disappeared in the early 80s.

I bet that Clives still not got over the demise of those Eddison wax cylinders that he had as a child 

[Clive]

I remember the wind- up gramphones with the horn very well!      

[Simon]

I actually had a wind-up gramaphone, Clive, but it never gave me the horn.  Very stupidly, I sold it for the princely amount of £12, when I was totally skint, many years ago.  It would probably have been worth a lot more now, and probably was then too. 

Most of the cassettes I still use are kids songs for the school run.  The tape player in the car is one of those which is also a CD player, but the CDs have to go in a box in the boot.

[Reno]

I haven't seen a good alternative to the tapedeck adapter yet. I mean jackports tend to corrode up and they don't really sell double male phone plugs in the department stores. I would much rather use a tapedeck adapter to plug in my mp3 player than use a cd.