Sony will no longer make its cassette player/recorders. In other news, Sony was still making cassette player/recorders.
Sony to discontinue the production early 2013 of Cassette Player/ Recorder
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8:02 pm Fri
Dec 7, 2012
Sony ceases production on cassette player/recorders
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