Editing Magnetic tape (section)

==Successors==
Since the introduction of magnetic tape, other technologies have been developed that can perform the same functions, and therefore, replace it. Such as for example, hard disk drives in computers replacing cassette tape readers such as the [[Atari Program Recorder]] and the [[Commodore Datasette]] for software,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=cassette+tapes+atari&pg=PA76 | title=Popular Science | date=September 1983 }}</ref> CDs and MiniDiscs replacing cassette tapes for audio, and DVDs replacing VHS tapes. Despite this, technological innovation continues. {{as of|2014}} [[Sony]] and [[IBM]] continue to advance tape capacity.<ref name="Sony2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201404/14-044E/index.html |title=Sony develops magnetic-tape technology with the world's highest*1 areal recording density of 148 Gb/in2 |publisher=Sony Global |access-date=4 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505022337/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201404/14-044E/index.html |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>