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Riding the technology wave, which of THESE devices have you owned? (Intended target around age 40 and up) (self.technology)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by acrobaticpenguin23 to c/technology
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Years ago I worked at an electronics store and have seen some very interesting products over the years with some being very useful.

Not sure how to do a poll on here but wanted to see how people matched on the ownership of some of these useful devices .

Have you ever owned a My (answers)

-PDA? Yes, I had a Palm IIIe

-DVD-Recorder? Yes. Successor to VCR sure didn't last long... ๐Ÿ˜–

-WebTV? No. Interactive TV in the days of dial-up. ๐Ÿ™‚

-3D Television? No

-Raspberry PI? No but I want to.

-Internet Radio Player? No This would be fun especially if it also had am/FM tuner

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[โ€“] dhruv 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Did those 3D tvs actually work?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

They did. But even at the height of its popularity, there were only a handful of movies that had it.

The glasses were around $170 per (if I remember correctly). That was a big barrier to entry.