Remember cassette tapes?
By LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51914)
Philippines
February 27, 2018 1:18pm CST
Before the rise of ipads, or cellphone or smart phones that can download music and stuff, There was a radio. Of course, with radio people use cassette tapes to record sounds or music.
We still have radio to this day but we don't use it anymore and it's recorder no longer works either.
But this morning I was searching for some stuff and found these, looked so brand new.
You still have one of these?
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @much2say I don't even know if they are that worth it, maybe I could post it in olx or ebay.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @Icydoll I actually have a radio but it runs on 110 volts and doesn't use it often because it doesn't have batteries in ti.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
27 Feb 18
I have few cartons full of pre-recorded audio cassettes with a castte player too! Thanks dear @Letranknight2015
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
28 Feb 18
Yes those were the Golden days with many memories to cherish dear @Letranknight2015 Thanks!
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@AKRao24 I used one casette tape at a time.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @AKRao24 I even had a walkman with tape casette player on it. I remember buying anime songs because of it.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 Well they can't work without the VCR lol
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
27 Feb 18
Yes, I remembered these cassettes in childhood. We used to play them
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @nitirrbb7 you use to play them, i remember rewinding it using my fingers alone
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 Yeah we use to insert a pencil for rewinding them
@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
27 Feb 18
Yes, I remember. I tried to buy cassettes to record a few years ago and it was hard to find a store that still sells cassette.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @anikoonline I doubt you can find some affordable cassette tapes out there, maybe I should check ebay.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 A few years ago I fould a one dollar store where they still had some empty cassettes. You're right maybe it is sold on ebay
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
27 Feb 18
Before that thing arrived there was the tape recorder reel and the rca cartridge, actually the cassette was considered sophisticated because it's compact, yeah I still have those.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @louievill I agree there was something else before the tape recorder, but now a days it's still consider old.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 It is nice that you still buy some cassette tapes. If I am into anime, I will do the same thing.
@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @Shavkat the only cassette tapes I've bought were the ones that were anime, nothing else besides that.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @marlina It was probably the right choice, it was getting phased out.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @amadeo I got rid of mine too or it actually broke just before I got my own CD player and that was two decades ago. Then when I found out that I can record from my razor phone i stopped using my cd player.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 I have USB full of music.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
we still have the more than 200 VHS tapes for movies, and the cassette tapes for audio tapes. i still have the "beat it" by Michael Jackson (+)
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @ridingbet wow, does that still work? you could sell that for a big fortune unless you have a radio with a cassette tape player.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
3 Mar 18
@ridingbet We use to have that racket but it's long gone now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 well, i still have my casette player, and we have that multi-functional player for casette, vinyl records, and disc player in one.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @thelme55 I just wonder how they maintain the use of these tapes with getting them rusted.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @Daelii I used to them too but it was more of the anime ones, I had more of these but they all became rusted so we throw them away.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@Daelii Maybe they shouldn't have phase out cassette tapes.
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 awws!
In climate controlled area, tapes still last. I have one that's about 40 years old and I still listen to it!
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@rakski (120634)
• Philippines
27 Feb 18
@thedevilinme as long as it is still working why buy? that is great that you still have it now.
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@thedevilinme (4101)
• Northampton, England
27 Feb 18
@rakski great for jogging with. I love rock music and was not goin to bUy all the music again for MP23
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32658)
• Calgary, Alberta
1 Mar 18
Now I miss my cassette and CD collection I left on the Philippines. I remember making a radio drama with my classmate using a cassette when I was a teen. It was my highschool project. I played the villain.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32658)
• Calgary, Alberta
4 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 I have electric copies of the songs I own, I purchased them at itunes.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
4 Mar 18
Hello @CaptAlbertWhisker Wow would that be nice if you have transferred it to the CD for you to listen every once in a while.
@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
27 Feb 18
Yes I still have some. One of my old cars used to take them so I would record stuff and play it as I was driving.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 Yes things change so quickly and we've moved on a lot since then.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @sprite1950 Wow that would have been a nice record of yourself, wish I had done something like that a long time ago.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@sprite1950 I bet it's going to improve more as time goes by.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @JustBhem yup they're all required cassette tapes, what music do you listen to? or is it radio? those were the days.
@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
4 Mar 18
@JustBhem That was just freaking RUDE right there. I would be hating for a long time but you just can't spend time hating specially if your ill..I would be mad that's for sure all of that for 50 pesos I would have sent my sibling to jail in my opinion
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015
I had like 100 cassette tapes when I was in college because I like listening to music all the time.
Pop, alternative rock, rock, mellow, love songs too.
When I arrived from a Season climbed before, I was shocked because my room was ransacked by my 2nd Brother who that time was an addict and he sold all of my tapes for 50 pesos as well as my walkman and other things.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
Hello @YrNemo how long you had those tapes, I guess they probably don't work now. we had tapes that look brand new but when it was played in the radio, didn't work.
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
28 Feb 18
@YrNemo they're definitely old and cannot be used anymore.
@YrNemo (20255)
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28 Feb 18
@Letranknight2015 Guess it is time to get rid of them. They must be about 35+ years old.
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
28 Feb 18
Last year I had to explain to my teenage nephew what a cassette tape was. He looked at me and said: "Uncle, you need some fresh air. You should go and have a 'Walkman'...
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@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
4 Mar 18
Hello @Bullshark I wonder if your nephew ever use a walkman? I missed having those because it used to have an AM or FM radio.
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
5 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 My nephew says cassette tapes and walkmans are outdated, he doesn't want to use them. All he needs is his Samsung Galaxy smartphone, on which he listens to his music and radio shows...
@Letranknight2015 (51914)
• Philippines
4 Mar 18
Hello @Shienly Well, I guess it's in the past now.
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@Shienly (194)
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5 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 haha., yes, maybe in the future you can put your cassette tape on the auction market.