Comments by "LilZebra" (@jaworskij) on "ATu0026T Archives: First Born - The Technology of 2003, Predicted in 1991" video.

  1. Flat screens were in development since the 1950s. It took till the mid- late-1990s to actually make them affordable.
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  2. But I think videophone or video calling is a good application in this example. People who are distances apart and want to share an event. Families who are spread apart. My Unle's family (in central Canada) has a son who lives in TN. They would usually have a "Merry Christmas" phone call on Christmas night. Usually it was a private call between my Uncle & Aunt and their son. Years later it became a wider call when they bought a phone with "speakerphone" capability. In the late 90s or early 2000s it was video that bridged the distance. But for local calls, I agree, videophone is not needed if you already see the other person regularly.
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  3. People use "videophone" for making YouTube videos moreso than calling their families. 1991 was the Year of the "network" printer and the "Year of the LAN. Speaking of printers, nothing in this video had a printer. I guess Ma Bell really believed we could go 100% paperless by 2003.
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  4. We'd still be using rotary dial telephones. Yes, I know.
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  5. I tried out Google Talk on Google Chrome two years ago, but I don't trust Google much because they're the new Microsoft.
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