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View Poll Results: Which gizmos did you begin using?

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  • Did you begin using a cell phone between 1990-2000?

    4 5.56%

  • Did you begin using a digital camera 1990-2000?

    1 1.39%

  • Did you begin using a CD player 1990-2000?

    8 11.11%

  • Did you begin using a DVD player 1990-2000?

    2 2.78%

  • Begin using two or more of the above 1990-2000?

    57 79.17%

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  1. 02-13-2008 01:50 PM #1
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    Why 1990 and 2000? Why not other dates as well. Seems a little restrictive.

    Let's see>

    Cell Phone: About 1983 I guess. Had one of the early models mounted in a briefcase. Cost $2500 and $1.50/minute. Second one was a Motorola bag phone, cost about $500, .60 per minute. Glad someone finally shrunk the damn things.

    Digital Camera: First one I owned was in 2001. Used Canon SLR's film cameras until then. Now I use a digital Nikon SLR, but still use film.

    CD Players: In computers about 1989, then portables about 1995, and first one in a car about 1997.

    DVD Players: About 2003 for computer, home and portable.

    Now getting ready to move on to Blu-Ray and HD DVD. Life as a techno-geek can be hell at times.
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    Yeah guilty again. I started using a cd player in '91 and a cell phone in '96. I held off on the others until 2001.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mopar34
    Why 1990 and 2000? Why not other dates as well. Seems a little restrictive.

    I have a specific purpose in mind for that time frame. The additional info in the individual posts is interesting as well, just not part of the project I'm collecting data for.
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    Bob,

    Out of pure curiousity, once you're finished collecting the data, would you be willing to share the results as it relates to your previously mentioned theory? I have my own thoughts regarding the data shown in the polls and am just curious if my theory is even remotely close to yours.

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    In time, I don't want to potentially skew the results. I'd be happy to hear what you get from it, might be another view I didn't consider.
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    Thanks for the replies guys. Good info.
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    Our first "small" cell phone was in about '95; we had a bag phone in '88 or '89, carried it in the car all the time as we spent a lot of time traveling on the highways, either alone or together, and felt it was a useful emergency device. Got our first CD player in '97, DVD in '02. Digital camera came along in about '03 or '04.
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    Did you begin using a cell phone between 1990-2000? 1998 I think

    Did you begin using a digital camera 1990-2000? around the same time as above
    Did you begin using a CD player 1990-2000?1993 I think

    Did you begin using a DVD player 1990-2000?Possibly after 2000, we were late to the game for this one, only when extended version DVD's become popular at the Video rental store did we make the switch, also tough to do with 1989 RCA

    Begin using two or more of the above 1990-2000? Yes

    How about stopped renting videos and joined Netflix option? Last year!
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