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Thread Number: 54413
Appliance/Elevtronic status symbols by the decade |
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| Post# 767901 7/4/2014 at 11:34 (3,583 days old) by verizonbear (Glen Burnie ) | ||
A friend of mine is getting his MBA and is specializing in marketing. On the MARC train to DC we had a discussion and made a list of " Appliance\Electronic Status Symbols " that represented entry into the upper middle class and became mainstream during that decade. What would you add this list?
1950s : Automatic Washers, Dryers, TV stereo consoles Refrigerator with seperate freezer compartment. 1960s: Dishwashers, Washer Dryer Combos, Frost Free Refrigerators with ice maker, self cleaning ovens, reel to reel audio tape recorders, garbage disposals, color TV, built in wall ovens and cooktops 1970s: Microwave Ovens, Side by Side Refrigerator with ice/water in door, seperate stereo components, 8 track tape players. trash compactors, portable washers and dryers,25 inch console tvs, 1980s: CD players, Microwave/Convection combos, Over the range Microwave Hood, Down draft vented cooktops. Stacked Unitized washer/dryer, cassette tape players 1990s: Ceramic Cooktops, home theater systems, laser disc players, camcorders, white on white appiances 2000s: Dual Fuel Ranges, stainless steel appliances, rebranding of front load washers, dishwashers with stainless steel interior, electronic controls, Dvd players, high depth tv, rebranding of bottom freezer refrigerators, Drawer Diswashers, cooktops with grill, ranges with convection ovens. induction cooktops, surround sound home theater 2010- h2014, French door refrigerators, wine coolers, lcd TVs, sound bars, internet connectivity, | ||
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Post# 768135 , Reply# 1 7/5/2014 at 08:01 (3,582 days old) by jakeseacrest  (Massachusetts) |
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Post# 768139 , Reply# 2 7/5/2014 at 08:23 (3,582 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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| Post# 768147 , Reply# 3 7/5/2014 at 09:39 (3,582 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Looks like you are pretty much right on target with the items/decades. | ||
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Post# 768148 , Reply# 4 7/5/2014 at 09:40 (3,582 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Central Vacuum Cleaners | ||
| Post# 768155 , Reply# 5 7/5/2014 at 09:57 (3,582 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania ) | ||
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Post# 768156 , Reply# 6 7/5/2014 at 10:05 (3,582 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 768165 , Reply# 7 7/5/2014 at 10:54 (3,582 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL) | ||
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KA mixers.... KitchenAid mixers have been around since the early 20's. I have a Model 3B from the late 40's that I still use and it works like it is brand new! Food Processors were much in vogue as stated in the 80's and forward. | ||
| Post# 768310 , Reply# 9 7/6/2014 at 03:01 (3,581 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
the 70s | ||
| Post# 768654 , Reply# 11 7/7/2014 at 04:56 (3,580 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Umm | ||
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Post# 768666 , Reply# 12 7/7/2014 at 05:53 (3,580 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I would add cassette tapes to the very early 1970s. Remember seeing one of the first examples in a Sears Christmas catalog.
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Post# 768668 , Reply# 13 7/7/2014 at 06:04 (3,580 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Yes,didn't relize you were talking about UK.Only very breifly here.Remember Elcassettes?Remember seeing them and their machines only a couple times.Another audio "dodo". | ||
| Post# 768671 , Reply# 14 7/7/2014 at 06:13 (3,580 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Elcaset | ||
| Post# 769016 , Reply# 16 7/8/2014 at 04:43 (3,579 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
The 'status' joke was on the passengers of the 8-track boat. Even back in the day you'd see 8trk carts on the side of the road with their guts hanging out like a runover skunk, hearing the echo of the owner yelling expletives around "you've jammed on me for the last time". Oh, and when they DID work they sounded like listening to music-on-hold over the phone.
OTOH, the one thing I NEVER saw was a car with a R2R in it, though that would have been more practical than car TURNTABLES which I DID see. Early 50s: central air. Only one house on our circle had it, and it wasn't ours. | ||
| Post# 769019 , Reply# 17 7/8/2014 at 05:12 (3,579 days old) by statomatic (France) | ||
Compact cassette
The Dolby B was a consumer version of the Dolby A, dolby B is used on most of the decks.
In 1981 the Dolby C was released, it provides a better noise reduction but needs a very precise alignment of the tape deck (bias, sensitivity azimuth...) to prevent audio artifacts like pumping effect and treble loosing. The DBX was the best in terms of noise reduction and dynamic range expansion but it also needs a perfect alignment and to be decoded (DBX equipped are rare). There was several other noise reduction systems that were less popular like the ANRS (JVC), the ADRES (Toshiba / Aurex), Super D (Sanyo) and Dolby S (used on some 90's decks). The tapes gets some great improvements too, BASF invented the chromium dioxide (type II) tape in the early 70's. The Japanese manufacturers invented "chrome equivalent" tapes (TDK "Super Avilyn", Maxell "Epitaxial", Fuji "Beridox") to not have to pay the taxes to Sony (which was the exclusive distributor in Japan). In 1975 Sony created the "FeCr" (ferrichrome or type III) tape which has two oxide layers, this tape was excellent when used on a deck with "FeCr" because it has the advantages of ferric tape (great bass response) and chrome tape (low noise and great treble response). In 1979 the metal (type IV) tape was invented, it uses a pure iron (non oxidized) pigment. The FeCr tape manufacturing stopped in the early 80's when the metal tape started to have a better success. In the early 80's there was also cassette shells improvements like the TDK MA-R (metal shell), the Sony Metal Master (ceramic shell), and several others with new plastic formulations. Yes I don't collect only vintage washing machines ! | ||
| Post# 769073 , Reply# 18 7/8/2014 at 10:15 (3,579 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Oh yes | ||
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Post# 769074 , Reply# 19 7/8/2014 at 10:16 (3,579 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 769092 , Reply# 21 7/8/2014 at 11:22 (3,579 days old) by pcasa (Dallas. Tx) | ||
Ankarsrum & Aga
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| Post# 769093 , Reply# 22 7/8/2014 at 11:24 (3,579 days old) by pcasa (Dallas. Tx) | ||
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ankarsrum | ||
| Post# 769094 , Reply# 23 7/8/2014 at 11:30 (3,579 days old) by pcasa (Dallas. Tx) | ||
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central vac | ||
| Post# 769287 , Reply# 25 7/8/2014 at 23:53 (3,579 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 769289 , Reply# 26 7/9/2014 at 00:16 (3,579 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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