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Originally Posted by Nyssa
This question makes me wonder...is there any consumer technology that was completely phased out for whatever came before it? There have been competitions where one of the newer things in question completely overshadowed or knocked out its opponent (ie. VHS vs Betamax), but I've never heard of consumers going in reverse.
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It's not really about consumers going in reverse; it's about a technology being used and then dying out due to lack of interest. As opposed to being replaced by something with approximately the same functionality, but better. (I't not going in reverse to read paper books; they still dominate the market).
I'm sure there are a lot of examples of this, but it's hard to remember things that have failed. "Smell-O-Vision" comes to mind. IMO, 3D is another good example - it keeps failing, being resuscitated, and failing again. Maybe it won't fail this time - but it was introduced in the 50's, failed, and was then basically not heard of for the next 25 years.
Rotary engines? Are they still used?