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Obsolete Products Timeline

  • Dot Matrix Printers

    Dot Matrix Printers
    Dot matrix printing was a type of printer which used an ink-soaked ribbon similar to a typewriter, it what replaced by Inkjet printers.
  • Vinyl Records

    Vinyl Records
    Vinyl records were a format of storing audio recordings, this died off as the cassette tape was introduced.
  • Floppy disks

    Floppy disks
    Floppy disks were a type of disk storage, they were later replaced by CDs when they first came out.
  • VHS

    VHS
    VHS uses a videocassette tape to record video and sound, which can be watched on a television. Later the VHS was replaced by the DVD.
  • Gameboy

    Gameboy
    The Gameboy is a hand-held video game console, this became less relevant as new gaming consoles were introduced to the market such as the Nintendo 64
  • Walkman

    Walkman
    A walk man was used for portable music, you could also record your own voice on your walk man. These were replaced when the IPod came out.
  • Slide projectors

    Slide projectors
    Slide projectors were projectors put on slide shows or individual frames of images. These were replaced by the video projector.
  • Public Telephone Booths

    Public Telephone Booths
    These telephone booths are used by people who do not have phones but now almost everybody has a phone so it is not as used as it used to be, phones replaced this product.
  • Phonebooks

    Phonebooks
    Phonebooks were used to write down all the phone numbers you needed to remember. They were replaced by phones because now there is a specific app for that.
  • Blockbuster

    Blockbuster
    Blockbuster is a provider of home movies and video game rental services, they were replaced when Netflix and other at home movie rental services came out.