Why Harry Potter cannot be set in 1991-?

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 79246

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sebfish5" <redfish5 at o...> 
wrote:
> This has probably been mentioned before but I have seen no sign of 
> it. Harry Potter, as worked out by the fans, is set in 1991, due to 
> the deathday cake. However, in book one (which I have leant, along 
> with 2, to a unbeliever, so I cannot give exact quotations)
>  
> "You could let me stay in the house?" said harry hopefully, he 
could 
> watch dudleys T.V and maybe have a go on dudleys playstation for 
> change.
> 
>  In 1991, unless I am VERY much mistaken, being a videogame player, 
> the playstation 1 was not around. Please correct me if I am wrong, 
> but I am 99% sure that the playstation was not released six years 
> before the N64, on may 1st 1997.
> 
>  If i am correct, then when is Harry Potter set, or has this 
> argument been cleared up?

My impression was that Harry started Hogwarts in 2000 since he got a 
Nimbus 2000.  The next year when Draco got on the Slytherin team his 
father bought them all Nimbus 2001s.  I could be wrong of course but 
I thought the broom #'s corresponded to the year they came out.
Susan
> 
> 
>  Seb