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♪ ♪ ♪ the average family home. cory practices her violin. christian plays with his cars. and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went into the 1980s in pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators, tv, oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now,...

♪ ♪ the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went in with pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now but my faithful ...

It was click-thunk. >> gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with a soundtrack to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls, maybe the top two toy sellers this year but for adults theres only one hot item. the vcr. >> christmas shoppers made the video cassette recorder one of this years hottest gifts for grown-ups. they are selling at a million units per month but its a lot more than a popular christmas gift. its an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. >> t...

Technology. >> ill take the sony! >> the original sony walkman was so solid, it was a pleasure to hold. it had density, it had heft. the cassette, pop it in, close it. a very satisfying sound. not just a click, click. it was a kathunk! it was a gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the soundtrack to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls may be the two top sellers this year, but for adults theres only one hot item, the vcr. >> christmas shoppers have again made the video c...

It was click-thunk. it was gorgeous. gorgeous machine. it provided you with a soundtrack to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls, maybe the top two toy sellers this year but for adults theres only one hot item. the vcr. >> christmas shoppers made the video cassette recorder one of this years hottest gifts for grown-ups. they are selling at a million units per month but its a lot more than a popular christmas gift. its an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. ...

>> the walkman took listening to music from a fixed location in your home to mobile. >> you are witnessing the ultimate miniaturization of the cassette player. never has so much genius been coaxed into so little space. >> in all the great bursts of innovation, there is always some kind of scientific breakthrough that has to happen first. and none of this stuff could have happened in the 1980s without the transistor being invented in the late 1940s. and japan and sony in particular really underst...

It was a gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the soundtrack to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls may be the two top sellers this year, but for adults theres only one hot item, the vcr. >> christmas shoppers have again made the video cassette recorder one of the years hottest get gifts for grown-ups. but the vcr is a lot more than a popular christmas gift. its an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. >> there are so many inventions where you ca...

It was a gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the soundtrack to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls may be the two top sellers this year, but for adults theres only one hot item, the vcr. >> christmas shoppers have again made the video cassette recorder one of the years hottest get gifts for grownups. but the vcr is a lot more than a popular christmas gift. its an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. >> there are so many inventions where you can...

>> the walkman took listening to music from a fixed location in your home to mobile. >> you are witnessing the ultimate miniaturization of the cassette player. never has so much genius been coaxed into so little space. >> in all the great bursts of innovation, there is always some kind of scientific breakthrough that has to happen first. and none of this stuff could have happened in the 1980s without the transistor being invented in the late 1940s. and japan in particular understood that they co...

It. a very satisfying sound. not just a click click. it was gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the sound track to your life. >> transformers and cabbage patch dolls may be the two top sellers this year, but for adults theres only one hot item, the vcr. >> christmas shoppers have made the videorecorder one of the hottest gifts for grown ups, selling at a rate at 1 million a month. its a lot more than a christmas gift. an invens that some say is changing the whole idea of television....