Minus one cassettes for normal stereo systems also became popular later on where vocals would be on the left channel, accompaniment on the right and vocals could be turned down by adjusting the left channel volume.

After the introduction of the softer vinyl records, 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm LPs and 45 rpm EPs, the common name became " record player " or " turntable " initially as part of a system that included radio ( radiogram ) and, later, might also play cassettes.

For similar reasons, cassettes became popular in developing nations.

After the introduction of Dolby B noise reduction for cassettes in the early 1970s, and the advent of new tape coatings that greatly improved the high-frequency response, the Compact Cassette finally became a respectable and increasingly popular medium for listening to music, both on the road and at home.

However, due to concerns by the entertainment industry about the format's lack of copy protection, only the smaller MiniDV cassettes used with camcorders became commonplace, with the full-sized DV cassettes restricted entirely to professional applications.

However, systems such as XDR, along with the adoption of higher-grade tape ( such as chromium dioxide, but typically recorded in such a way as to play back at the normal 120 μs position ), and the frequent use of Dolby HX Pro, meant that cassettes became a viable high-fidelity option, one that was more portable and required less maintenance than records.

In this location it became active in radio station ownership, cable television, and later in the production and sale of audio cassettes.

In the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of pop culture when it produced advertisements popularly known as " Blown Away Guy " for its line of audio cassettes.

The first rough cut of Apocalypse Now, for example ( the raw version of what became Apocalypse Now Redux ), survived on three U-Matic cassettes.

With the development of portable cassette recorders, audiotapes had become very popular and by the late 1960s libraries became a source of free audiobooks, primarily on vinyl records but also on cassettes.

Hasni became one of the most prolific artists on the Raï scene, recording around 100 cassettes during his career.

ADAT also became available in the early 1990s, which allowed eight-track 44. 1 or 48 kHz recording on S-VHS cassettes.

When the jitter amount is very high, as in very low cost CD players ( 2ns ), the result is somewhat similar to wow and flutter, the well known problem that affected typically compact cassettes ( and in a far less evident way turntables ) and was caused by the non perfectly constant speed of the tape: the effect is similar, but here the variations have a far higher frequency and for this reasons are less easy to perceive but equally annoying.

Presumably the fixed assembly for portable recorders was more difficult to make and gave lesser sound quality ( especially dynamic range ) when playing analog cassettes ( which was acceptable for use with headphones ), but took up less space and was less sensitive to mechanical problems which were more important for the portable application.

Answering a need for a basic office player, Sony also introduced the BVW-22, a much less expensive desktop model, that could be used for viewing and logging 90-minute cassettes, but could not be configured into an edit system.

As a single rear cog takes less space than the typical seven to ten cogs present on most multi-geared rear cassettes, rear wheels can be built with little or no dish.

Since their introduction in the late 1970s cassettes have been used on increasing numbers of bicycles, starting at the high-end and over time becoming available on less expensive bikes.

* Duplication of the cassettes from a 1 " wide master loop tape mounted in a loop bin duplicator ( as opposed to standard cassette duplication using a 1 / 2 " master loop tape ), resulting in clearer high frequencies, greater bass response, and less noise.

Some of the cassettes for the Sing Along machines were recorded by Filipino cover bands for popular songs so that the vocals and accompaniment could be played independently.

The cassettes appear to be based on the Agfa Memo cassette design, the now-standard Kodak 35 mm cassette not yet being popular in Germany.

Her band, East of Eden Band, was described as the most successful at music and poetry collaborations, allowing cassettes of her live radio broadcast recordings to stay in rotation with popular underground music recordings on some radio stations.

At the time video games emerged as a popular form of entertainment in the late 1970s ( the golden age of arcade video games and second-generation consoles ), music was stored on physical medium in analog waveforms such as compact cassettes and phonograph records.

The most popular cassettes in the early 1990s were DJ Negro's The Noise I and II, and DJ Playero's # 37 and # 38.

His Christmas carols are especially popular, and music stores continue to carry his CDs or audio cassettes.

In 1988, his first " Käpt ' n Blaubär " story was published, a character that has since been popular on TV, in books, and on audio cassettes.

Other forms of popular entertainment, music cassettes and CDs, novels, magazines, comic books, computer software, and video games are generally permitted, if they can be officially censored for immorality, or causing political offense to the government, especially the royal family.

" Thalamusik ", the loading tune that accompanied the C64 version of Sanxion proved to be so popular amongst fans that Zzap! 64 later included a full synthesised version of Rob Hubbard's classic tune on one of their cover cassettes.

Due to their influence and the relatively small numbers of records that were pressed for earlier releases ( including numerous self distributed cassettes ), they have become popular with collectors in recent years.

According to X-Entertainment Laserbeak was the most popular of the Decepticon cassettes in the Transformers cartoon.

* Digital8 — DV-format data recorded on Hi8-compatible cassettes ; largely a consumer format

However, even as the cost of producing CDs fell below that of records, CDs would remain a higher priced music format than cassettes or records.

It played Video 8 format tape cassettes, showing them on a diagonal color screen.

These included 120 film providing 8, 12 or 16 exposures, 220 film providing 16 or 24 exposures, 127 film providing 8 or 12 exposures ( principally in Brownie cameras ) and 35 mm film providing 12, 20 or 36 exposures – or up to 72 exposures in the half-frame format or in bulk cassettes for the Leica Camera range.

Panasonic video recorders that accept medium cassette can play back from and record to medium cassette in different flavors of DVCPRO format ; they will also play small cassettes containing DV or DVCAM recording, via an adapter.

This resulted in the format being taken more seriously for musical use, and started the era of high fidelity cassettes and players.

Although intended as a replacement for audio cassettes, the format was never widely adopted by consumers because of issues of expense and concerns from the music industry about unauthorized digital quality copies.

The cassettes contain-wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional wide, U-matic format.

Early format BetaCam cassettes — which are physically based on the Betamax cassette — continue to be available for use in the professional media.

The format was intended for use in professional camcorders and used full-size DVCPRO cassettes.

In 2003, Sony, JVC, Canon and Sharp introduced HDV, perceived as the first truly affordable HD video format due to its utilization of inexpensive MiniDV cassettes.

The original Betacam format records on cassettes loaded with ferric oxide-formulated tape, which are theoretically the same as used by its consumer market-oriented predecessor Betamax, introduced 7 years earlier by Sony in 1975.

It may also be noted, that Matsushita / Panasonic also introduced a professional 1 / 2 " analog component video tape format, which used VHS style tape cassettes called " M-Format ".

The VCR format used large square cassettes with 2 co-axial reels, one on top of the other, containing half inch ( 12. 7 mm ) wide chrome dioxide magnetic tape.

First presented in 1982 to Michael Nesmith for Elephant Parts, the award was reserved for quality " video cassettes or discs in any format created specifically for the home video market ".

There were two main lines in the KC 85 series, the KC 85 / 2 ( project name HC 900 ) to / 4 and the KC 85 / 1 ( project name Z 9001 ) by Robotron, which was a different system ( only the CPU and the name were the same, but later the format of saving the programs on tape cassettes and the BASIC were also made compatible ).

Today virtually all American sports teams produce annual highlight films, regardless of the outcome ( good or bad ) of the club's season ; originally turned out as video cassettes, they are more commonly now done in DVD format.

First, consumer electronics manufacturers felt they needed the recording industry's cooperation to induce consumersmany of whom were in the process of replacing their cassettes and records with compact discsto embrace a new music format.

The former consisted of three video cassettes, which are in PAL format.