Cassette Futurism

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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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We Are Rewind takes tape into the 21st century (www.wallpaper.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There are variants to the mechanism, you can get one with auto reverse or without, record or playback-only, different quality motors, different heads etc. But the basis is the same, and so the quality ceiling is very low.

Also keep in mind this is a hipster device, so taking out something like auto reverse can be meant to invoke even more "retro" feeling or something.

Same thing like with modern film cameras or vinyl players, they're just a novelty only functional to the bare minimum level on par with the cheapest, crappiest machine from the past.

And you can sell a device with $5 worth of parts for a couple hundreds as a hipster novelty piece.

(Nothing wrong with being a hipster btw.)