Electrical

Maxell Audio Cassettes


Posted by admin on 07 Sep 2009 / 0 Comment


Classic 80′s advert for Maxell Audio Cassette Tapes.

Maxell, is a Japanese company which manufactures consumer electronics.  The company’s notable products are batteries and electronics — the company’s name is a contraction of  “maximum capacity dry cell” — and recording media, including audio cassettes and blank VHS tapes, and recordable optical discs like CD-R/RW and DVD±RW. Additionally, the company sells electronics accessories, like CD and DVD laser cleaners. On March 4, 2008 Maxell announced that they would no longer manufacture their optical media, but would start contracting other companies to manufacture

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SEGA Mega Drive Console Advert


Posted by admin on 31 Aug 2009 / 0 Comment


SEGA megadrive advert from 1991.

The Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 and Europe in 1990. The console was released in North America in 1989 under the name Genesis, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in that region. The Mega Drive, heavily marketed as “16-bit” due to its hardware, was Sega’s fifth home console and the successor to the Sega Master System, with which it is electronically compatible.

The Mega Drive was the first of its generation to achieve notable market share in Europe and North America. It was a direct competitor of the TurboGrafx-16 (which was released one year earlier in Japan under the name PC Engine, but at about the same time as the Genesis in North America) and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (which was released two years later). The Mega Drive began production in Japan in 1988 and ended with the last new licensed game being released in 2002 in Brazil.

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British Gas with Burt Renolds


Posted by admin on 31 Aug 2009 / 0 Comment


1991 commercial for British Gas featuring Burt Renolds.

History

In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms.

In 1948 that all changed with The Gas Act 1948 brought in by Clement Attlee’s Labour government. The act nationalised the UK gas industry and 1062 privately owned and municipal gas companies were merged into twelve Area Gas Boards each a separate body with its own management structure. Each Area Board was divided into geographical groups or divisions which were often further divided into smaller districts. These boards simply became known as the “Gas Board”, a term people still use when referring to British Gas.

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Ariston


Posted by admin on 07 Aug 2009 / 0 Comment


80′s Ariston appliances commercial.

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SANYO


Posted by admin on 23 Mar 2009 / 0 Comment


A commercial from 1988 for SANYO

 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (三洋電機株式会社 ,San’yō Denki Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a major Japanese electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 324 offices and plants worldwide[citation needed], together employing more than 11,000 employees.

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