Speculating on the future of television technology, writer Greg Fagan described the DVD as an "advance in digital wizardry," television as "a garden of ideas waiting to be plucked, processed, and displayed on the shelves of computer stores" and websites as "info kiosks in cyberspace."

The article is particularly ripe for a revisitation now, as the television industry reinvents itself, again. Many of us have unplugged our cable boxes in favor of streaming t.v. Cable providers are abandoning their business models to accommodate comtemporary veiwing by unbundling, offering channels a-la-carte instead of charging for 200 channels, 185 of which are never watched. Networks like HBO, Nickelodeon and Showtime are starting to offer their own stand-alone streaming options, allowing consumers to only pay for what they know they'll watch. The future of t.v. is TBD.

With 20/20 hindsight, let's take a look at how the television industry has changed since its last big bang twenty years ago.

Here's what TV Guide got right and wrong about their future, our present.