The line graph compares the usage of five different kinds of technology by households in the US during the period from 1995 to 1999.
Overall, we can see that the proportion of households using these technologies all had a rising trend, although there was a decline in DVD player usage between 1995 and 1996. Meanwhile, the washing machine was the most popular technology throughout this period.
Looking into more detail, 60% of households used washing machines in 1995 before it reached its highest point (80%) in 1999. There was a similar trend regarding computer usage, from 40% in 1995 to 70% in 1999. It is worth mentioning that although the percentage of households with phones was only about 18% in 1995, it started to increase rapidly after 1998 and then surpassed computer usage, reaching about 75% in 1999.
As for the Internet and DVD player, there was an opposite trend between 1995 and 1997 and the same proportion of households between 1997 and 1998, which was 20% in 1997 and 30% in 1998. About 25% of households had DVD players in 1995, while 10% of households had Internet access. After 1998, the percentage of households kept rising, especially for the Internet, which had a more quickly increasing rate and ended at 50% in 1999.