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Eight Track Cartridges
The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music. The format was commonly used in cars and was most popular in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Japan. One advantage of the 8-track tape cartridge was that it could play continuously in an endless loop, and did not have to be ejected, turned around and reinserted to play the entire tape. After about 80 minutes of playing time, the tape would start again at the beginning. Because of the loop, there is no rewind. The only options the user has are play, fast forward, record, and program (track) change. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetic Tape Cartridge
A tape cartridge, also known as a tape cart, is a storage medium used for audio recording, video recording, or data storage that includes a magnetic tape housed in a plastic unit that contains a single reel for the tape. The format has become obsolete as an audio and video format but still remains in use for data storage for enterprise and commercial use with new formats and enhanced updates still being released. History The beginning of tape cartridges goes back to loop recording, also known as endless tape recording, which in this case referred to the endless playback of tape read in the tape transport. This was first used in specialized open reel machines that would continuously record or play an endless loop. Endless tape recording was ideal for security footage when the tape was necessary to be stored while endless playback was mainly used for audio. Setting up a reel to reel machine for playback was a common nuisance as it took a lot of time to set up and make sure the tape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
