1. RCA Model 630TS 电视机RCA Model 630TS TV (1946)
这个世界上第一个家用黑白电视机当时卖$350,也就是今天的$3600.这个屏幕只有10英寸装在一个木头柜子里的电视机重达100磅,它能够收到10几个电视台.这个电视机的构造一直被视为标准,直到1954年RCA发布了12英寸的彩色电视机.那是电视的黄金时代,鼎鼎大名的<法网><希区柯克系列><我爱路西>等电视剧大放异彩,电视机也逐渐成为家庭娱乐的中心,
When soldiers returned home from World War II, they could finally kick back and watch TV. More often than not, they flipped on this set, which sold for a cool $350 –- that’s $3,600 in today’s dollars. With a 10-inch black-and-white screen and enormous speakers packed into a fine wooden cabinet that weighed almost 100 pounds, the Model T of televisions was the first mass-produced postwar boob tube. The set could receive a dozen broadcast channels, including the ill-fated Channel 1, and was considered the standard until 1954, when RCA's 12-inch color set took center stage. It was the golden age of television: Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and I Love Lucy were all on the air, and TV became the center of the family room.
TODAY'S VERSION
Sharp Aquos LC-65D90U: Sixty years later, the RCA's tiny screen wouldn't impress anyone. The TV experience has grown to cinematic proportions: Sharp's 65-inch monster squashes other LCDs in size and performance.
2.西部电子500桌面电话 Western Electric 500 Desk Telephone (1949)
让电话走入家庭的经典家用电话,后来的很多产品都因袭他的设计.
The clean, functional design of this rotary telephone quickly became iconic. Even the first touch-tone phone, introduced some 15 years later, was a curve-for-curve copy of the 500 –- except the dial was replaced with buttons. Nearly every phone that followed, from wall-mounted versions for kitchens to the bedroom-specific Princess model, took design cues from the 500. As the cheap, stylish objects made their way into every room of the house, they drove massive investment in the telecommunications infrastructure: Transcontinental calling became possible in 1951, and overseas calls began in 1956. Western Electric survived until the restructuring of AT&T in 1984; imitators still sell homages to the 500, dial and all.
TODAY'S VERSION
Philips VP5500: Consumers who haven't abandoned their land lines are snapping up feature-packed desk phones like the VP5500. Its wireless handset does VOIP, Wi-Fi and even videoconferencing.
3. 柯达勃朗尼127相机Kodak Brownie 127 camera (1953)
Brownie这个名字可以追溯到20世纪初,它本来是一个人气卡通人物形象.这款产品的问世让拍照成为人们的一种嗜好,第一年卖出150000件.到20世纪50年代,相机已经成为人们旅行娱乐的一部分.这款相机的长宽高分别是是5-3-3英寸,它可以放在外套的口袋里.它拥有1/50秒的快门时间,足以应付大多数场合.
The Brownie dates back to 1900. The original -- named after a popular cartoon character -- was just a cardboard box fitted with a meniscus lens. That model helped launch photography as a hobby, shipping 150,000 units the first year. By the 1950s, cameras were staples of parties and family vacations. The Brownie 127, a British import molded from Bakelite, disassembled so you could load a spool of 127-size film. And, at about 5-by-3-by-3 inches, it could be wedged into a coat pocket. It also featured a 1/50-second shutter speed, fast enough to grab pics in most situations. More than a million 127s were sold over the next few years, paving the way for the snapshot camera and the point-and-shoot ethos of personal photography.
TODAY'S VERSION
Canon PowerShot SD30: Film is dead, and now that digicams have grown up, megapixels are less of a factor when buying a shooter. As evidenced by this teeny (3.8-by-1.8-by-0.9 inches) model, consumers are considering size as much as resolution.
4. Bell & Howell Director Series model 414 Zoomatic 8-mm Movie Camera 1962
让摄影机走进家庭的划时代产品.在摄影机出现后的40多年里,摄影机一直是电影界的专利.35mm的胶片格式是唯一的标准,电影胶片非常之贵,摄影设备也很多,普通人根本用不起.1932年8mm胶片格式问世,到19世纪50年代,bolex,佳能和其他公司开始生产8mm的胶片的摄影机,但是都没有Bell & Howell的这一款有名.他的诞生让任何人都可以拍摄历史,就像rodney king拍摄到911事件一样.
For the first 40 years of their existence, moving pictures were the exclusive purview of the film industry. The 35-mm format was the single standard, film stock was expensive (and prone to bursting into flames), and the equipment was enormous. When affordable 8-mm cameras arrived in 1932, America started shooting, and the cult of Junior’s first steps was born. By the mid-1950s, Bolex, Canon and others were producing cameras for 8-mm film, but none shot more famous footage than this Bell & Howell. Dallas clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder used his to film a presidential motorcade in 1963. Today, his camera is in the National Archives. His film showed that anyone could capture history, as in the Rodney King clip and 9/11.
TODAY'S VERSION
Sony HDR-HC3 HDV Handycam: Freed from cumbersome and frustrating film stock, consumers are creating instant high-def movies with camcorders like Sony’s.
5. Amana微波炉 Amana Radarange microwave (1967)
微波炉的出现改变了人们存储和制作食物的方式.自从1927年冰箱发明以来,人们储存和准备食物的方式就一直没有改变,只有一个例外,那就是微波炉.它利用微波刺激水分子,加热食物远远快于传统的炉灶.1947年微波炉出现了第一个模型,它重达100多磅,有大约6英尺高,价格高达3000美元.但是到了1967年,这个设备大大缩小,并且可以只用几分钟的时间做一顿饭,价格也降到了495美元.
Look around your kitchen. Since the invention of the modern household refrigerator in 1927, not much has changed in the way we store and prepare food, with one exception: the microwave. It works by using, uh, microwaves to excite the molecules in water, heating food much faster than conventional ovens. The first commercial model, in 1947, weighed hundreds of pounds, was almost 6 feet tall and cost as much as $3,000. But by 1967, the appliance had slimmed down, and the idea of cooking dinner in a matter of minutes instead of hours caught on in harried suburbia. Amana's countertop Radarange cost $495 and was sold Tupperware-style. A small army of genteel sales ladies would make roasts and burgers while touting the oven's "space-age wonder." Today, find that rare Luddite home without a microwave, and you have to wonder how they make popcorn.
Look around your kitchen. Since the invention of the modern household refrigerator in 1927, not much has changed in the way we store and prepare food, with one exception: the microwave. It works by using, uh, microwaves to excite the molecules in water, heating food much faster than conventional ovens. The first commercial model, in 1947, weighed hundreds of pounds, was almost 6 feet tall and cost as much as $3,000. But by 1967, the appliance had slimmed down, and the idea of cooking dinner in a matter of minutes instead of hours caught on in harried suburbia. Amana's countertop Radarange cost $495 and was sold Tupperware-style. A small army of genteel sales ladies would make roasts and burgers while touting the oven's "space-age wonder." Today, find that rare Luddite home without a microwave, and you have to wonder how they make popcorn.
TODAY'S VERSION
Amana Radarange AMV5206B: Of all the gadgets here, the microwave has evolved the least. They're smaller and tricked out with turntables and timers, but the basic tech abides.
6.JVC HR-3300电视录像机 JVC HR-3300 videocassette recorder (1976)
让人们可以录下自己喜欢的节目的设备,解放了人们看电视的时间,同时也打破了电视台的垄断.如果你今晚不得不参加一个聚会,但是朋友过生日赶上《Battle of the Network Stars 》的播放时间，你怎么办？忍痛割爱错过？JVC为你提供了解决方案。使用JVC第一台家庭录像机，你就能够把你喜欢的电视节目录下了，然后你想什么时候看就什么时候看。你还可以做些意想不到的事情：按下暂停抓图，或者快进节省时间。当然这些现在已经不新鲜了，但是早在20世纪60年代，这些可是无法想像的事情。随着时代发展，录像机产品的功能越来越多，性能也是越来越好，只是价格越来越便宜了。但是，家庭录像机也带来了麻烦，版权问题从此开始被人们认真地关注起来。
Say you had to attend a birthday party the night that Battle of the Network Stars was on. What were you supposed to do, miss seeing Melissa Gilbert run the obstacle course? JVC had the solution. With the market's first home VHS recorder, you could tape a show and watch it when you wanted. You could also do the unthinkable: Pause the show to grab a snack, or fast-forward through the commercials. As they overtook the sleeker, smaller, better-quality Sony Betamax with lower prices and wider availability, VCRs highlighted the dangers of proprietary formats. They also marked the first assault on the big TV broadcasters' control over our viewing habits. Cable, video games and the internet weakened the networks' stronghold even more: Prime-time network viewership has plummeted 60 percent from 1952 levels.
TODAY'S VERSION
TiVo Series3: Videocassettes had a 30-year run, but the future of recorded programming is high-def digital on DVR.
7. あたり电视游戏机 Atari 2600 video computer system (1977)
世界上第一台视频游戏机,家用!!!大大丰富了人们的娱乐方式,游戏机主机时代来临.任天堂开始崛起.家庭游戏开始于Pong，但是Pong很快就过时了。你砸碎储钱罐取出所有积蓄，然后买回来一个只能玩一个游戏的家伙。玩腻之后怎么办？无数的游戏？免费地玩？用你喜欢的方式？这个时刻终于在1977年到来了，199美元的Atari 2600 VCS家庭游戏机面市了！就在那一年，Atari 2600 VCS成为最流行的圣诞礼物。到了1979年的时候，家庭游戏机已经成为一种文化。1980年，日本的Space Invaders游戏进入美国。随着家庭游戏产业的发展壮大，Atari公司推出了更多先进的产品，但是以后的游戏产品好像都没有Atari 2600 VCS经久耐用。Atari公司直到1992年才正式停止生产这种产品，15年的销售历史在今天看来犹如天方夜谭。
Home gaming started with Pong, but Pong got old fast. You'd blow your allowance at the arcade, come home and play your one-game console unit. But then what? How about unlimited games, for free, in the comfort of your very own rec room? The year it was launched, the $199 Atari 2600 VCS was a much-hyped Christmas gift, and by 1979 it had become a cultural sensation. When an arcade-faithful version of Japan's Space Invaders arrived in 1980, sales of the 2600 doubled. As the home-gaming industry grew, copycats like ColecoVision and Intellivision hit the scene, and Atari rolled out more-advanced consoles. But none endured as fully as the 2600: Atari didn't officially retire the box until 1992, a 15-year lifespan unheard of today. The thing we miss the most: its groovy wood-grain paneling.
TODAY'S VERSION
Nintendo Wii: The Wii comes full circle to deliver inexpensive, old-school fun.
8. 索尼随身听TPS-L2 Sony Walkman TPS-L2 portable cassette player (1979)
世界上第一款随身听,SONY出品.震惊全世界!!Walkman时代来临并持续数十年.
索尼一直拥有着帮助消费者消化先进技术的美誉，当然Walkman的巨大成功也离不开公司的这种能力。索尼公司从飞利浦那里获得了免费的盒式磁带技术。不管盒式磁带有多少缺点：声音质量低，磁带容易断折。但是盒式磁带拥有其它同类产品无法比拟的优势－－小巧。最初的Walkman能够装在上衣兜或皮包里，从此永远地改变了人们听音乐的习惯。Walkman产品可能是历史上最畅销的电子产品：流行30年，3.5亿部的销售量，300多种Walkman品牌产品，其中包括：CD机、电视以及今天的Walkman手机。
Sony has a reputation for ramming formats down consumers' throats, yet the wild success of the Walkman was due in part to the company's embrace of the royalty-free cassette format from Philips Electronics. Never mind that the sound quality was crap or that the tapes had a maddening tendency to unravel, crease and break. What mattered was that a cassette was much smaller than a vinyl record or an 8-track. The original Walkman could pop into a jacket pocket or a bag, and that forever changed the way people listen to music. The Walkman might be the most popular gadget brand of all time: Almost 30 years and 350 million units later, more than 300 different Walkman-branded portables, including CD players, TVs and cell phones, have successfully isolated their owners from noisy commutes or co-workers.
TODAY'S VERSION
Apple iPod: 65 million iPods sold to date. Need we say more?
9.IBM 5150 个人电脑 IBM 5150 personal computer (1981)
让电脑走下神坛,开始为个人服务...
苹果经常称自己是个人电脑革命的先驱，但是苹果的Macintosh是在1984年问世，而且并不是第一量产的个人电脑。早在1981年8月12日，IBM推出了IBM 5150个人电脑，从此永远地改变了家庭生活和工作。IBM 5150拥有一个4.77-MHz Intel 8088处理器和256KB的内存，重量大约为25磅，拥有一个磁盘驱动器，销售价格为3000美元。IBM 5150外形并不庞大，价格也能够让人接受，而且它的外形已经逐渐成为个人电脑的标准外形。无数的学生和小型企业主开始学习VisiCalc制表，使用新的操作系统－－DOS。个人电脑的历史从此开始。
Apple often gets credit for starting the personal computer revolution, but the Macintosh, which debuted in 1984, was not the original mass-market PC. On Aug. 12, 1981, IBM launched the 5150 and changed home and office life forever. The system packed a 4.77-MHz Intel 8088 processor and up to 256 KB of memory, weighed 25 pounds with "diskette" drive, and sold for $3,000. It wasn't unreasonably bulky or expensive, and its boxy form factor remains the standard for PCs. Legions of schoolchildren and small-business employees began learning the already popular VisiCalc spreadsheet along with a new operating system called DOS. Starting in 1983, on-the-go professionals opted for a Compaq, the first fully compatible PC clone and the first portable clone. Windows, multi-gigabyte hard drives, the internet and the 3-pound laptop followed. It all started here.
TODAY'S VERSION
Dell XPS 700 Special Edition: At $6,800 fully loaded, the XPS 700 may be the most advanced PC on the market, yet it still supports some DOS
Dell XPS 700 Special Edition: At $6,800 fully loaded, the XPS 700 may be the most advanced PC on the market, yet it still supports some DOS
functions.
10. Motorola StarTac手机Motorola StarTac cell phone (1996)
宣布大哥大时代结束,真正的移动电话时代到来
早在摩托罗拉StarTac之前，移动电话都庞然大物－－砖头手机，人们都不太喜欢这种庞然大物。摩托罗拉的StarTac改变了移动电话的历史，流线造型使手机成为地位的象征。摩托罗拉的StarTac重量为3.1盎司，而且外形非常小巧，使人们更方便携带和使用。当然，摩托罗拉的StarTac也有一个缺点：90分钟的通话时间。这就意味着一些使用者不得不带着后备电池。尽管这款手机已经走到了尽头，但是它仍然是人们关注的话题，因为它开创了个人电子产品成为时尚的历史.
Before the StarTac, cell phones were monstrous bricks that few people bothered to use outside the confines of a car. Motorola changed all that with the groundbreaking StarTac, a streamlined handset that turned the cell phone into a status symbol. As light as 3.1 ounces, it seemed impossibly small, and the flip-phone design made it simple to stow. It was also the first phone with a vibrate function, which Moto lifted from its pager division. The little StarTac did have a big flaw: a mere 90 minutes of talk time. That meant many users were forced to carry a second battery. But even if the phone did go dead, it was still a conversation piece, marking the advent of personal electronics as fashion.
TODAY'S VERSION
Motorola Razr: The StarTac's design continues to inspire must-have phones, although at 3.4 ounces, the Razr actually outweighs the original.
