Description Uxwbill continues playing with forgotten and (mostly) forgotten audio formats for your viewing pleasure. Even if "Sony" might be a bad word around these parts as of late, this one owner DAT deck came with a large collection of previously recorded music. Much of this music comes from the jazz genre. Digital Audio Tape stores a digital signal on magnetic tape media, at a sample rate identical to the Compact Disk (44.1 kHz). Unlike its competitor, the Digital Compact Cassette, DAT enjoyed some success. It saw the most use in professional and semi-professional environments, with a few home users taking it up as well. (Interestingly, I remember seeing ads for DCC equipment when it was available new.) Audio data is recorded using the helical scan technique also seen in many video tape recorders. The DAT format was also adapted for use as a computer data storage and backup medium known as "Digital Data Storage" or DDS. Some DDS drives can unofficially decode and play back audio from a DAT. Unfortunately, United Parcel Smashers did a bit of a number on it, causing the front door and its supporting framework to be pushed up inside the unit. Fortunately, the damage was not as bad as it looked. One spring clip and two plastic pegs later, this machine is running perfectly once again. Also shown in this video is a fairly unique DAT Walkman that runs on two AA batteries. This unit can only play back tapes--it does not record them. If you have a broken Sony DAT machine, you may be able <b>...</b>
