[tappaseater]

I often wonder why compact disc was the bridge technology to full digital and not DAT.

[ramses0]

Simpler production format! No case, reels, moving parts, stretched/torn tape.

If you never saw a smashed cassette on the side of the road with a reel of magnetic ribbon tangled in the weeds and bushes then you wouldn't understand.

[tappaseater]

I've seen plenty and even tossed them as streamers as a kid. I've also seen many scratched CDs lying at the side of the road.