Digital audiotape (DAT) records audio signals digitally, as a coded series of zeroes and ones. DAT also uses helical-scan technology, that is, it records diagonally across the width of the tape. Introduced in Japan and Europe in the late 1980s, DAT...

Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony in the mid 1980s. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the...

WASHINGTON - Digital audio tape recording -- the home taping enthusiast's dream and the music industry's worst nightmare -- is finally here. With a protracted legal battle over this latest advance in high-end recording potentially resolved, manufacturers are promising to roll out their...

A late-night TV comedian recently commented that he wouldn't buy a compact disc player until the electronics industry guaranteed it was absolutely the last thing they would invent. No such luck. At a time when millions of consumers have made the expensive switch...

How long do you think DVDs have around? 15 years? 20 years? Actually, they have only been around for about 10 years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs. That can be attributed to how...