Digital Compact Cassette
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Digital Compact Cassette was a short-lived digital audio tape format introduced by Philips in the early 1990s as a successor to analog cassettes and a rival to Sony’s MiniDisc.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer audio format
ⓘ
digital audio tape format ⓘ |
| audioChannels | stereo ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | Compact Cassette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | MPEG-1 Audio Layer I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitDepth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| cassetteDimensions | similar to Compact Cassette ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Digital Audio Tape
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MiniDisc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dataRate | 384 kbit/s ⓘ |
| developer |
Matsushita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinued | late 1990s ⓘ |
| encodingFormat | PASC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | DCC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
auto-reverse
ⓘ
table of contents ⓘ track skip ⓘ track titling ⓘ |
| hasTrackConfiguration | 9 digital tracks per side ⓘ |
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| introducedAsSuccessorTo | Compact Cassette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedAt | IFA 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Philips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | successor to analog cassette ⓘ |
| mediaType | magnetic tape ⓘ |
| notableManufacturerOfPlayers |
Grundig
GENERATED
ⓘ
JVC GENERATED ⓘ Marantz GENERATED ⓘ Panasonic GENERATED ⓘ Philips GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
consumer digital audio recording
ⓘ
music playback ⓘ |
| reasonForCommercialFailure |
competition from MiniDisc
ⓘ
competition from recordable CDs ⓘ high hardware cost ⓘ limited title availability ⓘ |
| samplingRate | 44.1 kHz ⓘ |
| supports |
analog compact cassettes
ⓘ
pre-recorded digital tapes ⓘ recordable digital tapes ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
home audio users
ⓘ
portable audio users ⓘ |
| usesCassetteShellSimilarTo | Compact Cassette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesErrorCorrection | Reed–Solomon error correction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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