“The graph illustrates the percentage of the US’s households using different kinds of technology from 1995 to 1999. Overall, the proportion of all these kinds of technology increased over that period of time.
Washing machine, which had been the most popular kinds of technology for households in the U.S, dominated the proportion of the usage of technology with about 80% US families using it. Along with washing machine, computer saw a gradual and steady increase to 60% in 1999. By contrast, the percentage of phone rose significantly during that period, from under 20% in 1995 to about 65% in the last year of the same period.
Unlike their counterparts, the percentages of households being equiped with Internet and DVD player respectively were much lower (always less than 60%) and saw many fluctuations. DVD player had been used less than the Internet from 1995 to 1996, but since then, the proportion of Internet levelled up quickly enough to keep up with its counterpart. It then outnumered DVD player and reached 40% in 1988, while the percentage of DVD player was only 30%, also the lowest figure of the group.”