"tapes, tiny TVs perched on kitchen counters, and the aforementioned house phone. For those of us who grew up during that brief time when the rapidly evolving internet lent a sense of optimism to our perception of technology, there is a comforting allure in returning to the tech we remember from our childhoods-particularly as the World Wide Web devolves to doomscrolling content and AI slop."
"Ironically, this trend has taken hold on TikTok (the well-established siren of scary screen time stats), where the algorithm keeps serving up videos of people showing off their 2000s-inspired small kitchen TVs. A quick search on the platform turns up countless results of vloggers gushing over the throwback item, including more than 1,000 videos captioned with the hashtag "kitchentv," most framing it as a nostalgic nod to the past; televisions became more affordable than ever in the '80s and '90s,"
Millennials and zoomers are reviving 1990s and early-2000s household technology as a deliberate nostalgic response to modern digital overload. Small kitchen televisions, VHS tapes, landline phones, and boxy VCR/DVD sets reappear in kitchens and décor, sometimes styled to match Y2K cabinetry. TikTok amplifies the trend with creators sharing hundreds of kitchentv videos and thrifted setups, while some users avoid streaming services in favor of physical media. The trend connects to the era when rising internet optimism coexisted with affordable, compact TVs used before open floor plans; the revival offers a tactile, less algorithm-driven media experience.
Read at Architectural Digest
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