A couple of years ago I bought one of those machines that records VHS tapes onto blank DVD’s. You can thus transfer your favorite “old” tapes onto the new disk format. (is it a “disk” or a “disc”? I keep forgetting.) There are several benefits to doing this, not the least of which is being able to keep your favorites available for enjoyment longer as the tape players drop off the board. What with the TiVo-type cable boxes recording the TV shows for later viewing, nobody buys anything VHS anymore.
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And the price is easily affordable, too. It’s obvious that the technology to do this conversion from analog to digital has been perfected and is pretty simple stuff because it’s out there and it’s low-priced.
What I want to know is, why can’t I get a similar machine that will record my old audio cassette tapes onto blank CD’s? The technology has to be practically identical. I’ve got a lot of old cassettes that I would like to continue listening to over the years ahead. Just about all of them are compilations of my favorite music that I gathered from old LP’s and other tapes, and radio shows, and put together in a collection that I like.
I have looked all over for such a machine without any luck at all. They are not in any of the stores and I’ve looked online where you can find just about anything. The closest I have come is a couple of gadgets offered through the internet that will convert your tapes into a digital file on your computer. But they all record them in the .wav format. That works fine on the computer, but you can’t play your CD anywhere with .wav files.
I would even settle for something that converted them into Mp3 files because now all CD and DVD players will play disks with Mp3 recordings.
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For the life of me, I just don’t understand why nobody has brought a practical cassette-to-cd recorder on to the market. It would be easy and inexpensive to build one and the potential market is certainly there. Can you imagine just how many billions of cassettes filled with people’s “favorites” are sitting there waiting to be played again?
What do you think? Have you found a solution for this? There is a fortune to be made out there. Come on, Japan….let’s connect.
First, though, let’s get the equipment checked out. I’m ready for some coffee.
