I suppose the 45 rpm manufacturers associations of American scrambled to find other ways to market the seven inch disk with a hole in the middle, too:

But Texas Instruments, the chip maker that developed the digital light processor most commonly found in most rear-projection TVs, is holding the line. It isn't going to be easy. Texas Instruments' third-quarter 2007 revenue from DLP chip sales decreased 21 per cent from the same period in 2006, after similar dips in previous quarters. DLP TV sets are still being made by Samsung, Mitsubishi and Toshiba, but according to market researchers at iSupply, sales of such TVs will drop 25 per cent over the next two years. DisplaySearch, another market research firm, believes that in 2009, less than 1 per cent of the TVs sold will be rear-projection sets using DLP.

I have the heaviest TV I will ever have. Bought by another, it quickly became clear that a 187 pound screen was not good for their glass tabletop. I inherited. I have transistor radios, a 1980s VCR and, until a few years ago had a 1960's flip up portable black and white TV. That one was sweet. If I was rich and a little more nutty, I likely would have a whack of obsolete technologies as now is the time to collect. Mp3 players will soon feed the pile joining the eleven inch computer screens, my flip front cell phones and those palm pilots.