It might be difficult to buy a cassette deck, as they are quite outdated. One might want to look around garage sales. One may also want to look at online auction sites, which often have retro objects.
Manufacturers that still make cassette CD players are Sony, Emerson, Naxa Electronics, Supersonic, Teac and Jensen. You can also find products to convert from cassettes to digital formats.
As a general rule, most portable players produced by Sony will not be able to play cassettes. This applies to current models and it is still possible to buy an out of production model which still has one.
Yes, but the recording will be in a different format incompatible with US 8mm players.
No, portable cassette players do not skip.
There are several car cassette players that offers a headphone jack. Sony and panasonic are two cassette players that offers a headphone jack
Yes, the heads on any cassette player does need to be cleaned periodically. You can purchase a cleaning cassette and solution that cleans the entire tape path. The cleaning kits are available at most retailers, and online.
Yes, there are dual portable cassette players.
Portable cassette players, commonly referred to as a walkman, was introduced July 1st, 1979. Portable cassette players were most popular in the 1980's and 1990's.
One would be able to buy a cassette walkman from either a local electronics retailer (usually from their old existing stock as cassette players are no longer widely manufactured) or from an online retailer such as Amazon.
Yes, there are portable cassette players with digital displays. Check online for the biggest selection.
Yes most portable cassette players get radio and also record as well
As technology advances, cassette players are being replaced with CD players and more popularly iPods and mp3s. However, they soon will be valuable antiques.