I agree completely with this last statement. I have never been into electronics, although my brothers, sisters and a lot of my friends are mad for it. I have a laptop and a 20+ year old NEC tv, and I know a lot of my friends that are getting that new bloody I-Phone 4gs smartphone thingy for christmas lol. If you put some of my friends back in 1960, they would probably go insane with boredom.
Another point I will raise, in my opinion electronics are crap nowadays. They might have all that android, mega-fast internet stuff (which will no doubt be incredibly convenient at times) but as soon as you look at them the wrong way they will break. We have a 43 year old microwave in our kitchen (yes, 43..) and our family of 10 has had it for the last 12 years, and it still works fine. It weights about 30 kilos, but it is the best microwave we have ever had.