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hera posted...

hello

in 1970 you could get a home cassette deck for $99.

Keyword: home

If you were at home, you were listening to records. And record players were way cheaper than that. What was the price of a portable cassette deck in 1970, or a car radio with a cassette deck in 1970? Then compare that to the price of an 8 track.

They didn't become affordable until around the time of the walkman in 1979.

And that is not even getting into the fact that $99 in 1970 was essentially $800 in today's money.

recordable 8 track tapes were around $15 for a single one (the cheapest 8 track recorder in 1970 I can find is $200, I'm sure there were cheaper options), conversely a 3 pack of cassettes were $3 (cassette players that could record were about $150, but im sure there were also cheaper options)

And 8 track was never advertised as recordable media. Which was also my point.