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Making turntables in 2009 makes sense in that vinyl records are still being issued, especially 12" dance singles for DJ use, and, of course, many people are stuck with a valuable record collection and an old broken turntable.
The same isn't probably going to happen with other formats like cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CRT TVs and, i think, CDs, these have little if any sentimental or collectable value for most people, and will just become obsolete and forgotten in the next few years, in most cases, manufacturing plants are being converted to other more modern productions, the machinery needed for their manufacture has already been scrapped out or will be shortly and there's no coming back from this.
Think about reel to reel tapes, 8-track tapes and super8 films, they're still collectable for sure, but if you want to listen to your collection of 8-track tapes or watch your old super8 movies, you're stuck with using old surviving players and projectors, and they disappeared from the stores in the early-mid 80s or even earlier in the case of domestic low speed reel to reel machines
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