[78-L] Pre-recorded DAT..ever seen one?

[Jack Raymond]

>>> David Lennick wrote:
 >>>
 >>>> I knew the format never caught on with consumers but I didn't
 >>>> realize any major labels ever released anything on DAT.
 >>> I don't know about major labels getting into the DAT field; but
 >>> Schwann listed DAT pre-recorded tapes in its May 1988 issue, I
 >>> believe for the first time. There were 44 titles by Delta Music
 >>> (on the Capriccio, Delta and Jazzline labels) and 8 titles on the
 >>> GRP label. I bought one of those on the Delta label -- "Action
 >>> Movie Themes" from Apocalypse Now, Delta Force, Karate Kid,
 >>> Rambo, Rocky III, etc.
 >>>
 >>> -- Jack Raymond
 >> I'm curious if the pre-recorded DATs you've seen were recorded at
 >> 48kbps. One consumer DAT recorder I've used (Pioneer?) would only
 >> allow recording at 48.
 >>
 >> Sammy Jones
 >>
 > My JVC consumer dat machine (first one I owned) would record at 48
 > and also 24 (archive speed, double length), and if it received a
 > digital signal it would record at 44 and defeat the copy guard. That
 > machine is still in use because it plays everything perfectly and
 > also performs the "renumber" function more efficiently than
 > professional machines.
 >
 > dl

My Sony DAT machine records at sampling frequencies of 48, 44.1, and 32 
kHz.  The one pre-recorded DAT that I own doesn't seem to indicate what 
the sampling rate is.  It plays fine on my machine.

-- Jack Raymond