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Rotary Dial
Rotary Dials are types of telephones that implements a signaling technology known as pulse dialing. It is used when starting a call to transmit the destination telephone number to a telephone exchange. Obsolescence:
Rotary Dials became obsolete in 1984 due to the deregulation of the US phone market via AT&T's famed breakup. -
Dot Matrix Printers
Dot Matrix Printers are printers that form images of small letters, numbers, symbols, etc., from a large number of tiny dots. Obsolescence:
Dot Matrix Printers were widely used in the 1970s and 1980s, but became less used since the 1990s due to new and advanced technology that is more efficient than Dot Matrix Printing. -
MiniDisc/MiniDisc Recorders
MiniDisc is a magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74 minutes and, later, 80 minutes, of digitized audio or 1 gigabyte of Hi-MD data. Obsolescence:
During the 1990s Sony started to produce MiniDiscs. But by 1998 researched showed that only less than 25% of Americans knew of it and many of those 25% did not purchase it. -
Floppy Disk
A floppy, otherwise known as floppy disks, diskettes, or simply disks, are flexible, removable magnetic disks that are typically encased in hard plastic that stored data. Obsolescence:
In 1998, the floppy disk became outdated because of new and improved technology and the rise of digital photography and music. -
Pagers
Pagers are a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. Obsolescence:
In the late 1990s, pagers became obsolete due to the rise of mobile phones. -
Typewriters
A typewriter was a machine with keys that produced alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper, that were inserted through and around a roller. Obsolescence:
Since the early 2000's, typewriters have become less and less useful and inefficient because computers started dominating. All manufacturers of typewriters have stopped production except one. -
Slide Projectors
Slide Projectors are devices used to display photographic slides on a screen. Obsolescence:
During the 2000's, digitization of photography became the preferred medium. That's why all production of slide projectors stopped in 2004. -
VCR
A videocassette recorder, or VCR, is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the recording. Obsolescence:
According to a study in 2006, American households had more DVD players than VCRs. Also in 2006, all major movie studios in the U.S stopped producing VHSs, which made VCRs essentially useless. -
Dial Up Modems
A dial-up connection is a connection from an end user to an Internet service provider (ISP) that can be created over a conventional telephone line without any special arrangement with the telecommunications carrier. Dial Up Modems are needed to dial a number. Obsolescence:
In the early 2000's, broadband started to replace Dial Up. By 2007, more than half of all internet users possessed a broadband connection. -
PlayStation 2
The PS2 is a video game console developed by Sony in 2000. Obsolescence:
On January 4, 2013, Sony finally announced the discontinuation of PS2s after 12 years of production due to the introduction of new consoles such as the PS4 and XBOX ONE.
