In a recent study, the Consumer Electronics Association reported that the top five CE products Americans owned were (no big secrets, so I won't make you jump): the television (92 percent), DVD player or recorder, VCR (82 percent), cordless phone (82 percent) and the cellular phone (76 percent).

Oh, and you own 25 CE products on average and spent $1,200 on them last year, the CEA said.

Want to know the ones you're buying now, though? Now you have to jump.

According to the CEA, the top five growth sectors were: digital video recorders (DVRs), network routers or hubs, MP3 players, cable modems and digital cameras. DVR ownership and network/routers in U.S. households grew eight percentage points since 2006 to 25 and 30 percent respectively, the CEA said in a press release. Thirty-two percent of households now own an MP3 player, up seven percentage points since last year. Cable modem ownership grew six percentage points and digital camera ownership rose to 62 percent of all U.S. households.

Oh, and HDTVs? Twenty-five percent of U.S. homes, the CEA said.

See, when you live in Europe for two years, you're left with this feeling of jumping out of time. My neighbors have TVs big enough to see from space. We toured a home this past weekend with (I kid you not) a 62-inch TV (I think it was rear-projection, although I was too amazed to ask.) For the last two years, I've owned a decent 32-inch Sony widescreen with the four basic channels, a pay-as-you-go cell phone, and a low-end DVD player. I'm so ashamed...