Vintage tech commercials

Kim sez, "I recently came across a videotape of several hours of TV footage from 1996. I scanned some of the more interesting commercials, including a bizarre dystopian ad for Packard Bell computers, Sony Mini Disc Walkman, Internet World Magazine, AOL and networkMCI. It's interesting how most of those products and services are no longer with us."

Commercials from 1996 (Thanks, Kim)

[#1 posted by Anonymous, September 17, 2009 4:16 AM]

oh, this is going to bug me.  who is that narrator?

[#2 posted by Anonymous, September 17, 2009 8:11 AM]

So commercials from 1996 are "vintage" now?

[#3 posted by George Curious, September 17, 2009 8:27 AM]

I have a pile of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes taped from cable around that time (94-99). I see these all the time on those. I was just recently marveling at how vintage these really are.

[#4 posted by robcat2075, September 17, 2009 8:46 AM]

I guess they thought the Mac "1984" ad was sooo long ago that NO ONE would remember it?

[#5 posted by Anonymous, September 17, 2009 9:22 AM]

"I love the 90's" and I love the use of real models!

[#6 posted by JJR1971, September 17, 2009 2:55 PM]

I *remember* that commercial...1996 wasn't that long ago, folks, gahh!

I misread the title of this post as 1986... ;-)

[#7 posted by Anonymous, September 17, 2009 3:18 PM]

Geez, when you said 'vintage' I was thinking 70s!

I got hosed on the Mini Disc, I was really betting on that one :(

[#8 posted by Anonymous, September 17, 2009 3:23 PM]

is it peter weller, maybe?

[#9 posted by zikman, September 17, 2009 3:52 PM]

I like the "Banq"

[#10 posted by AirPillo, September 18, 2009 1:28 AM]

I can see where the ad picked up the dystopian theme. Had the whole world ended up using Packard Bell's computers, the dystopia would have come to life, and you truly would want to stay home all day, sucking down all external info from your home computer's erratically functional 2.2μb internet connection.