Fallow periods in consumer technology: Difference between revisions
Created page with "TODO: Write it "Consumer technology" meaning that the technology was generally available to the public for a reasonable cost. The Concorde example stretches this definition, but I'm leaving it. Examples: * '''Photography''' was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s * '''Music sound quality''' dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs. * '''Transatlantic crossing times'..." |
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* '''Photography''' was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s | * '''Photography''' was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s. Even in the 1920s, consumers had the ability to create extremely sharp photographs ([https://www.shorpy.com/node/27756 an example]). | ||
* '''Music sound quality''' dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs. | * '''Music sound quality''' dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs. | ||
* '''Transatlantic crossing times''': When the Concorde was flying, London to NYC was 3.5 hours. When it was decommissioned, the fastest that a member of the public could get between the two cities went up to 8 hours. [https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter1/emergence-of-mechanized-transportation-systems/liner-transatlantic-crossing-time/ historical crossing times for ocean liners here]. | * '''Transatlantic crossing times''': When the Concorde was flying, London to NYC was 3.5 hours. When it was decommissioned, the fastest that a member of the public could get between the two cities went up to 8 hours. [https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter1/emergence-of-mechanized-transportation-systems/liner-transatlantic-crossing-time/ historical crossing times for ocean liners here]. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:36, 29 May 2025
TODO: Write it
"Consumer technology" meaning that the technology was generally available to the public for a reasonable cost. The Concorde example stretches this definition, but I'm leaving it.
Examples:
- Photography was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s. Even in the 1920s, consumers had the ability to create extremely sharp photographs (an example).
- Music sound quality dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs.
- Transatlantic crossing times: When the Concorde was flying, London to NYC was 3.5 hours. When it was decommissioned, the fastest that a member of the public could get between the two cities went up to 8 hours. historical crossing times for ocean liners here.