Not considering the late part of either decade, which time period do you think has been more transformational?  Was life in 2007 closer to life in 2000 than 2017 is to 2010?  What do you think?

2000-07.

In 2006, I remember seeing movies like Osmosis Jones, Kangaroo Jack, Holes, and Pokemon 2000 on TV, and seeing the (even then) aged blurry picture quality (this was due to most films switching to digital in the mid 2000s, after Attack of the Clones set the trend) and the very "early 2000s" styles and vibes of them, thinking they felt almost like nostalgic classics at that point, even though they were only SIX years old at that point! :o

By contrast, in 2017, I look at movies from 2011 and they hardly look or feel different from current ones.

I think 2000-2007 had a lot more changes than 2010- 2017 for example in 2007 VHS and the then 6 years old Gameboy Advance which was still in development in 2000 was obsolete by then. By 2007 we had handheld devices that could do things that a kid in 2000 could only dream of getting and that kid would be especially amazed by video sites like Youtube.
In 2017 by comparison the Dvd and Blu - Ray formats are still the formats people watch offline videos on and Nintendo is still supporting the now 6 years old Nintendo 3ds handheld line.

2000-07 had more changes than 2010 to 2017. Although I still find it funny how 2010 is more different/dated when I see 2017.

2000-07 had more changes than 2010 to 2017. Although I still find it funny how 2010 is more different/dated when I see 2017.

Yeah. Toon, I'm curious: when watching early 2000s movies in the mid 2000s, did you notice how blurry and "ancient" the picture quality looked, like I did? For example, Osmosis Jones (2001) was only 4 years older than Chicken Little (2005) yet the picture quality/filming style made it seem like they could just as well be 10 years apart.

Yeah. Toon, I'm curious: when watching early 2000s movies in the mid 2000s, did you notice how blurry and "ancient" the picture quality looked, like I did? For example, Osmosis Jones (2001) was only 4 years older than Chicken Little (2005) yet the picture quality/filming style made it seem like they could just as well be 10 years apart.


Well this is probably due to the fact that in terms of TV quality in the early 00s things weren't really any different from say the late 1980s/1990s. Everything was still SD quality with 4:3 screen ratio. And the tech that was used to record and broadcast shows didn't update much. We wouldn't see a big leap in quality until HD became the norm and 16:9 +720p ratio became a thing.

Now I will mention this. When it came to Disney they were always ahead of the game when it came to tech quality when it came to their movies. While Chicken Little was more clean looking there may have been other movies that would look like they came out of the 2000-2004 era of quality. But overall yeah I can see the differences in quality.

Definitely 2000 - 2007. I remember watching Monsters Inc (which was released in 2002) in 2007 and getting nostalgic about the early 2000's and how old they were!

Definitely 2000 - 2007. I remember watching Monsters Inc (which was released in 2002) in 2007 and getting nostalgic about the early 2000's and how old they were!

As early 2000s expert JordanK1982 pointed out in another thread, by 2005, 2002 with its frosted tips, nu metal, and Discman felt a million miles away from the chain wallets, 50 Cent Bulletproof, and iPods of 2005.

As early 2000s expert JordanK1982 pointed out in another thread, by 2005, 2002 with its frosted tips, nu metal, and Discman felt a million miles away from the chain wallets, 50 Cent Bulletproof, and iPods of 2005.

I would have to agree with that it was very different

Ummm 2000-2007 for sure was much more transformational.

Back in 2000 internet usage was still below 50%, everyone used dialup, VHS was used over DVD, cellphones were very basic and everyone didn't have one.
By 2007 nearly everyone was using broadband, VHS was dead, the iphone was released, seems worlds away from 2000 in terms of the technology.

In 2010 we had the iPhone 4, now we have the iPhone 7.......so much has changed ::)

This decade is quite consistent compared to the 2000's. I would say 2000-2007 was a bigger change, but that doesn't mean I don't think 2010 is exactly the same as today, especially when it comes to music. When I listen to a song from 2010, I try to imagine it being released in 2017 and it sounding out of place compared to the songs that were actually released in 2017. In 2010, I still saw most people who used digital cameras. I stopped seeing them around 2012 and most people had a smartphone by then.