1. Laserdisc
   CD
2. Bigdisc
   VHS

Laserdisc was the original DVD, except it was about the size of a record. They were amazing for their time, but they were also very delicate and scratched incredibly easy. No wonder they didn't last very long.

1. Laserdisc
   Cassette tape
2. VHS tape
   DVD

The great thing about VHS tapes was that if they broke, you could splice them with a simple screw driver and a piece of tape. The bad thing about them was that you had to rewind them before you could watch them. There was a give and take.

1. Super 10
   Super 6
2. Super 8
   Super 32

Invented in 1965, the Super 8 was an 8mm home video camera that you could hold in your hand. These days, of course, we have our cellphones to record our home videos, but back then, this was pure magic.

1. HAM radio
   Pork radio
2. AM/FM radio
   Transistor radio

Ham radios were invented to help people communicate over radio waves. They're still around today. As a matter of fact, there is are hobby clubs around the country that play with these fun toys.

1. HAM radio
   Pork radio
2. AM/FM radio
   Transistor radio

These were very popular radios in the '60s and '70s, but for the most part, they only picked up AM stations ... which was fine back then, but it might be a little boring these days.

1. Telex machine
   Telegraph
2. Telephone
   Fax machine

This machine used electrical signals to send pulses to different receivers. It was an excellent way to communicate before the invention of the telephone, as long as you knew Morse​ Code, of course.

1. Blackberry
   Blueberry
2. The Apple Newton
   The Apple iNewt

The Apple Newton was designed to be your personal assistant (digital, of course). It was one in a long line of PDAs and the first to attempt handwriting recognition. Of course, these machines have made it a long way, as they are now basically a standard part of every smart phone.

1. Sony Walkman
   Sony Watchman
2. Sony Discman
   Sony Voiceman

The tiny screen in the original Watchman didn't hinder sales. The fact that you could take television with you wherever there was a signal was fascinating to consumers, and several models were made.

1. Digimon
   Gameboy
2. Pager
   Texting machine

You don't necessarily have to be a salesman of ill repute to own a pager. As a matter of fact, these days, doctors and emergency medical technicians still use pagers in their day-to-day work lives.

1. Apple TV wristwatch
   Seiko TV wristwatch
2. Sanyo TV wristwatch
   Sony TV wristwatch

Around 30 years before the Apple Watch, came the Seiko TV wristwatch, and man did it impress. Of course, they couldn't keep the prices down, and who would have thought a distraction like a watch with an actual screen would be worth anything one day?

1. Wrist computer
   Wrist calculator
2. Calculator watch
   Wrist processor

​In 1984, the world changed for the better because this beautiful hunk of ... well, computer... could actually fit on your wrist. Sure it doesn't look super comfortable, but Seiko was way ahead of the game when it came to technology wrapping around your wrist.

1. Fax machine
   Dial-up modem
2. Pager
   Intercom system

Who could forget the sounds of the dial-up modem? It was connected to your phone line, so every time your dumb older sister wanted to make a call, you were kicked out of your chat room ... or was that just us?

1. Boombox
   Bigbox
2. Boxer
   Speaker

Usually requiring around 700 D batteries (or so it seemed), this portable stereo system boasted large speakers and a soundboard to give you the perfect in-concert experience while you were walking to the convenience store.

1. Genesis
   Dreamcast
2. Saturn
   32X

The Sega Dreamcast was released in 1998 and took discs instead of cartridges, in the same manner as PlayStation games did. There was nothing cooler (and more Carpel-Tunnel-inducing) than that controller, though.

1. Macintosh
   Typewriter
2. iPad
   Atari 800

While it may look like an electronic typewriter, it was pretty close to the first home computer. It was a great word processor, for its time, and in its five-year life span, it sold nearly 4 million units.

1. Photo film
   Instant camera
2. Jump drive
   Floppy disk

If you didn't know how to use a camera properly, you used 110 film​ because you didn't have to do anything but add a cartridge. However, if you knew a little something, you probably used the more common 35mm film to take your photos. Then you'd have to wait a week to get it developed.

1. Computer
   Calculator
2. Typewriter
   Rotary phone

You didn't press buttons on this phone; you had to spin a wheel. It usually took a solid minute to dial a number, especially if there were a lot of nines involved, but hey, back then there weren't area codes, so it had that going for it.

1. Google assistant
   Amazon Echo
2. Answering machine
   Television

There was nothing more depressing for a teenage girl than to get broken up with over the answering machine. Not because it was impersonal, but because your entire family heard the message while it played.

1. Answering machine
   Uber beacon
2. Pay phone
   Rolodex

Long ago, on this very soil, there were things called pay phones. Many large businesses in town had them available for public use. However, cellphones put an end to all of that in the early 2000s.

1. A Dot matrix
   A laser printer
2. Apple Lazeer
   iPrinter

The Dot matrix was a printer that worked almost like an electronic typewriter. There was nothing more fun for a little kid than pulling off the edges of printed pages for parents to bring to their meeting the next morning.

1. Fax paper
   Bold blue paper
2. Carbon copy paper
   Credit slide paper

You didn't plug it in, but this technology allowed for copies to be made in no time at all, as long as you had the carbon paper positioned properly between the original and the copied page. Of course, there was too much room for error with this, as the copied page wouldn't erase.

1. Unfrigerator
   Nufrigerator
2. Icebox
   Coldcasket

It is fascinating that the design of the icebox and the design of the refrigerator are so different (the facades, at least). Ice boxes had gorgeous wood exteriors, while refrigerators were stuck with putrid yellows and avocado greens.

1. VCR
   Betamax
2. Cassette Player
   MP3 Player

Betamax came out a year before the VCR, but the VCR won the home-entertainment wars of the time. A Betamax tape could hold up to five hours of content, while a VHS could only hold around two to three.

1. Tamagotchi
   Ferbie
2. Willow Egg
   Gameboy

You may have seen your friends roaming around with these in the mid-1990s, and if you didn't have one, you had your first FOMO experience, for sure. These digital pets were fun, and would actually die if you didn't feed them.

1. Tape recorder
   Overhead projector
2. Video recorder
   Portable cassette player

Overhead projectors were pretty interesting feats of technology. They were simple and used tricks of glass and light, but their high-end, modern counterparts (ELMO projectors) took them off the market.

1. Changeboy
   Recordboy
2. Walkboy
   Talkboy

It could record your voice, slow it down, order you a pizza, and save your house. Well, at least in the movie, "Home Alone," it could. Actually, the Talkboy wasn't nearly as advanced as the movie would make you think, but it was still pretty cool.

1. 1998 iMac
   Commadore 94
2. Bleep Machine
   HP Instant Computer

The original iMac was an amazing marketing win for Apple. In the commercial, they took the device out of the box, plugged it into the wall and the phone line and got on the Internet. It was exactly what people wanted, something easy and fast.

1. Palm pilot
   Blackberry
2. iWatch
   Walkman

It could fit in the palm of your hand and was a pocket assistant that was digital. While it wasn't as advanced as the iPhone, it was a necessary piece of technology for those who were constantly on the go.

1. Beeper
   Pager
2. Electronic Diary
   Tamogotchi

These were a 13-year-old girl's dream. They could be password protected, so your little brother couldn't read them, and all of your thoughts and deepest secrets were kept secure.

1. Walkman
   Discman
2. Car phone
   Pocket Rockers

Walkmans were super cool, but these were designer ways to listen to your favorite singles. They didn't hold many songs, but they were fun and exciting, and smaller than Walkmans, so they were more portable ... if you didn't mind listening to the same song over and over again.

1. Vacuum cleaner
   House robot
2. Electronic duster
   Television

Before the awesome and innovative vacuum cleaners of today, vacuums required you to change bags. It was a silly concept, but before plastic was in such high distribution, they were a little necessary.

1. The original microwave
   Television set
2. Oven
   Toaster

The original microwave looked very much like a toaster oven. The door pulled down instead of opening from the side, but if it stayed down, you were in trouble. Later models, of course, were built with failsafes to ensure microwaves didn't make it into your kitchen.

1. Hard drive
   Zip drive
2. Floppy disk
   Jump drive

It's not a 3-D printed save icon, it's actually what people used to use to save things (which is why it is the image on the save button). They held around 1.44 megabytes (the 3.5-inch models), which is less than the size of one song file.

1. Sprint PCS
   Samsung Galactic
2. Motorola DynaTAC
   Mission Controller

It was a brick, and these days you might see it as a prop for a decades costume, but this brick actually made phone calls without the use of landlines. They weren't the clearest calls, but they worked for what they were intended to do.

1. Hopper
   Pac Man
2. Atari
   Pong

Pong was an electronic ping pong game in which a small pixel was bounced between two lines. It was a two-player game that really started the whole home video game trend. Imagine, this is where Anthem originated.

1. Printing press
   The Internet
2. Television set
   Telephone

The printing press is one of the oldest of the old school technologies, and we still use them today, just different models. It was invented around 1440, and gave people the opportunity to mass produce literature.

1. Popcorn maker
   Snowcone maker
2. Blender
   Stir fryer

They may have the same buttons as the modern models, but their blades didn't do nearly as much. These electric blenders were marketed as ways housewives could get their prep work done quickly so they could produce healthy meals.

1. 1970s electric sifter
   1980s electric peeler
2. 1960s electric juicer
   1970s stand mixer

Juicers today can cost up to and more than $600 and can juice everything from citrus to limestone. However, this simple design made it easy for American housewives of the 1960s to extract juice from citrus (and only citrus) with ease.

1. Toaster
   Juicer
2. Sifter
   Sieve

Toasters haven't changed much over the years, but they have become safer and easier to clean, that's for sure. The old models of toasters taught people that metal and electricity don't mesh well.

1. Intercom systems
   Walkie-Talkies
2. Cell phones
   Pagers

They weren't cellphones, but they were great for short-range communication. They were essential in World War II, but later became great toys for children ... much better than two cans and a piece of string.