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Sony Drops DAT Date: 11/30/2005 |
| Last week in Japan, Sony announced it would end domestic shipment of it's digital audio tape recorder (DAT) standard in the first ten days of December. The portable "TCD-D1000" will become their last DAT recorder product. Sony will still support repair and DAT tape sales. The company sent a signal they were dropping backing for the standard in 2004 when they ceased production of their deck type units. This left only the TCD-D100 as the only DAT recorder in their company's inventory. The volume of shipments of the unit was said to hover around only 100 per month. Those in search of parts for past devices are already aware of how scarce they are to come by. Sony first marketed DAT in 1987 and has sold around 660,000 related products since then. The recorders were extremely popular among journalists in the field recording statements and interviews. Sony has since introduced it's integrated circuit and compact disc based recorders such as the ultra cool $2000 PCM-D1 and HI-MD. DAT was attractive due to it's compact size and storage factor of high quality audio files in sampling frequencies of 48/44.1/32kHz. The first Sony recorder was the deck type "DTC-1000ES" marketed in March of 1987. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
