Why does the media still use the word 'taped' in describing digital recordings?

[DainBramaged]

(as linked from AOL)
Rutgers Rocked by Freshman Sex Tape Scandal (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/29/rutgers-students-accused-secretly-taping-sex-dorm-posting-video-online/) Rutgers Student Allegedly Taped in Sexual Encounter In Dorm Reportedly Commits Suicide

This incident led to the victim committing suicide.

I fucking HATE FAUX.

[madrchsod]

1. old habits die hard....

shit i still use tape and other totally outdated descriptions. course i`m old so i do`t give a shit...

[Wickerman]

5. I still like to go out and buy "records"

When of course I mean to say I downloaded songs from I-Tunes. Of course, I do still buy some vinyl. ;-)

The topic is pretty horrible, regardless of how fucked Faux is in their descriptions.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Do you still call them

LPs too ? I do :)

[emulatorloo]

11. "Albums"!

[Wickerman]

12. that too!

hardly ever say, Did you hear so and so's new CD? :eyes:

Or, So and So's new download?

Getting old sucks.

[dipsydoodle]

18. Albums ?

You must be quite young to call LPs albums. :rofl:

[emulatorloo]

26. HA HA, not really - "The new Beatles record is the best album they have ever made!"

WOW they even wrote most of the songs too!

[lame54]

31. An album is not the material it's on but the list of songs

[Goblinmonger]

2. Same reason they still talk about studying film in football.

Plus, there may be legal definitions at work, too, that haven't caught up with the times.

[IcyPeas]

3. it is old habits....

I sometimes call CDs albums or records even. Also I say "taped" when I've recorded something on my DVD player.

[Lint Head]

4. Broadcasters typically use digital tape therefore the reference.

[guitar man]

9. You'd be surprised

At the number of TV stations that are still using analog tape.Betacam SP is still alive and well in 2010.

[RockaFowler]

We do

A lot of stuf is digital, but man the majority is still beta

[guitar man]

27. Hell

I still get some PSAs in the mail that are on 1" U-Matic. We took the last 1" deck out about 3-4 years ago but they keep sending them anyway. So that tells me they are still in use. The U-matic format stretches all the way back to around 1970 or so iirc. :crazy:

[RZM]

6. Probably the same reason that albums are still called 'records' n/t

[Life Long Dem]

8. HLN just said " watch the tape"!

:yoiks:

[JaneQPublic]

10. People still say they "dial" numbers on digital phones. (nt)

[Wilber_Stool]

23. Digital Interface Audio Link

Yeah, I know. I hate it too.

[melm00se]

13. I still call

a one track recording a 45...

there are other things to slap Fox with but this one is out there

[SoCalDem]

14. Common lingo dies hard..or not at all

Kleenex
xerox copies
bandaid
film
tape
Jello

[louis-t]

15. What word would replace it?

:shrug:

[ejpoeta]

16. same reason they use the word album when talking about music???

[MineralMan]

17. Somehow, that distinction doesn't seem to be at the core

of this horrible story, now, does it? Taped? Recorded? Caught? Whatever. It. Does. Not. Matter. What matters is what happened.

Besides, my digital video camera still uses tape. Many do.

[ContraBass Black]

19. When I was a cashier, I used to ring people up

But I've never seen a working cash register with a bell.

[LiberalFighter]

20. Do you still dial the number when you make a phone call?

[Recursion]

21. Same reason we still say "sunrise" rather than "earthspin"

Or "embarK" on a train, even though that really just means to board a boat.

[littlewolf]

22. same reason making copies are called Xerox .. regardless of who makes the copier

[gkhouston]

24. Because it can be pronounced more quickly than "recorded"? n/t

[onenote]

25. probably for the same reason that individuals who aren't part of "the media" do the same thing

[sybylla]

28. Because "taped" is shorter than "recorded" and space matters

in newsprint - especially in the headlines. Precision in using the language should matter, too, but it won't always trump the space issue.

[TexasObserver]

29. For the same reason the phone rings, even when it doesn't.

[pintobean]

30. Just to piss you off.

It's a conspiracy.