Adverts today = insurance claims , cremation services , and asking for donations for different causes , there all doom and gloom . They used to be fun .
I was thinking the same I dont bother with tv today I just use a pc so save on the tv tax I was in a Lancaster hotel so watched daytime tv My god adverts for blind kitten needing money, death insurance, death wills, and more of the same The old people watching daytime tv dont want reming of whats to come
3.06 Still is a relevant advert in 2021. I live in the western Highlands of Scotland due to the mountains getting a mobile signal is a hit or a miss. These boxes are well used in our village *I have 2 bars signal on my mobile right now, some times SOS. For the older folk it's a life line our box has paper, pen carpet and a stool in it. Our broadband is improving.
Yeah it's a bit of a long game, collecting and categorising whatever ads I can find. It feels a bit weird too, as I'm compiling material I haven't created myself (the adverts) but there's still a lot of work involved in fixing them up and presenting them in compilations. Thanks for watching.
I did originally state decades in the titles, but people started getting pedantic about it so I just went with 'vintage'. And yes .. I feel where you're coming from. I'm 48 next month. I've fully embraced my 'vintage' nature! 😂
I like watching these....takes me back to better times. The advert I remembered most was the Scotch advert.... Rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away Rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away Gets stuck in my head a bit like A Mars a day helps you work rest and play.
An excellent reminder of better days,sadly missed,thanks for posting. Made me smile !! 😆😆😆👍👍👍 From times when we were still in control of Tech,rather than the mess its now become . . The Bedford HA Van in the Telecom add,Brilliant !!!!
@@truthjunkie2325 It's most likely people mistaking Maxell for Maxwell as it was an issue during the original broadcast of the adverts. In this case not the Mandela Effect for most people.
LOVE yr vids... I'm so enjoying these ads!! Scary how I can still remember some of the jingles...but can't remember where I put my phone this morning !! Shirt term memory loss ... inevitable at 48!
Compared to what people were paid back then,tech was expensive, almost 1000 for a camcorder,that was about 5 or 6 week's pay for a lot of people, would have been for me !.
Had a Sharp VHS VC3500 with bag, charger and camcorder for Feb 1982 £1250. When a manager of 300+ workforce was on £4 per hour. Equivalent to £20 hr now if your outside Londonistan.
We had technology in those days made in Japan, lasted longer, better build quality, look at the state were in with the cheap tat of well , you know where (. I really miss those classic days of owning the gadgets from the likes of Fisher, Toshiba, Sharp,, Mitsubishi, JVC, SONY, Panasonic, the quality Japanese products back then was top notch!. Bring back those days. (. Regards.
We had that Sanyo VCR with the LCD remote. Can't recall the model number now but we were all very excited as it was our first one. My uncle was way more tech-savvy than my parents so he set it up, mid-1987 I think so we were quite late to the video revolution. IIRC the first thing recorded on it was a TOTP performance of China in your Hand by T'Pau! The long play 8 hour recording mode was awful, barely watchable by late 80s standards never mind today. Eta: I grew up in Kidderminster in the 80s and don't remember Stellavision... maybe it was short-lived or just before my time? We had the independent Goggle Box and then much later, Choices opened up in a former Lloyd's Bank branch, both on Station Hill.
I remember the awful long play mode on old VCRs. I didn't mind the picture so much, but the sound was terrible - a tinny and hissy mess. I only used it once, then never touched it again.
man i remember many of these ads. is surprising how much tech is obsolete now. the jvc camcorder for 979 quid for example. most mobiles do the job of a few devices now. crazy how much things have advanced
Loving all these, having started working in the TV/Video retail industry in 1980 this is gloriously nostalgic stuff, I miss the word 'Nicam'! I wish the mock TV surround was a little darker to separate it from the content and for added realism but this is top stuff, thank you for putting such great content out.
A personal stereo for 9.99 at Curry's....kind of summed up Curry's back in those days really, they sold pretty naff tech, nothing you would see in top reviews in mags
Something I heard on Family Guy. Chris the son ask Peter the dad. What does VHS mean. He replies no 1 knows son that information has been lost in Time. Made me smile.
😂 I had to laugh at the Amstrad adverts for their tower hi fi systems I used to have a amstrad tower hi fi in the 80,s not exactly known for there quality mine was not spent more time under repair than use lol 😂
Back when these ads were running, I was moving from my Commodore 64 programming, to a Computer Operations/Programming Course at college, followed by a 35 year I.T. career, working in the U.K. and the U.S.A.!
Betamax was superior to VHS. Marketing was better concerning VHS. Video 2000 you could use both sides. Long play VHS is terrible. I experimented in late 80s.
Definitely. I only ever used long play a couple of times to fit multiple films on one tape. I still have one I recorded back in the day. It has not aged well.
@@RetroSteveUK I put VHS tape on Betamax & visa versa & it showed Betamax cassettes used slightly less tape as the VHS tape on the Betamax spools ran a little faster so Betamax better picture using less tape.
@RetroSteveUK I love theses old videos takes me back to being a kid the in 80s. A much Better Time. Thank you. I have quite few old VHS still from the 80s. With loads old Adds on. Premier of Gremlins in Xmas 87. Ghostbusters. 86 Temple of Doom 87. I have no way of getting them up on here. But if you think you can, let me know, we could sort something out, get the up for all to see. Cheers
Just a fancy Bass & Treble control. I actually miss that simple level of control on hifi devices. Now we just get a couple of generic presets .. Flat / Pop / Classic etc..
Adverts today = insurance claims , cremation services , and asking for donations for different causes , there all doom and gloom . They used to be fun .
I was thinking the same
I dont bother with tv today
I just use a pc so save on the tv tax
I was in a Lancaster hotel so watched daytime tv
My god adverts for blind kitten needing money, death insurance, death wills, and more of the same
The old people watching daytime tv dont want reming of whats to come
Thank you for bringing back happier times
Crazy when you think we put all that time into skipping past the ads only to take time to watch them now.
Ironic.
Back then we had ads you would talk about the next day
Today's ads are not worth taking about
@@somethingelse4878 There are a dozen, as have the retro touch bit nowhere near as many as back in the 80's/90's!
Speak for yourself, millions of people watched the adverts hence why they are iconic!
@@mikekaraoke Shake n vac and oh the smash potato ones are memories
3.06 Still is a relevant advert in 2021. I live in the western Highlands of Scotland due to the mountains getting a mobile signal is a hit or a miss. These boxes are well used in our village *I have 2 bars signal on my mobile right now, some times SOS. For the older folk it's a life line our box has paper, pen carpet and a stool in it. Our broadband is improving.
The amount of effort you must put into all of your videos is mind blowing! So many memories! ✌🏼🌍
Yeah it's a bit of a long game, collecting and categorising whatever ads I can find. It feels a bit weird too, as I'm compiling material I haven't created myself (the adverts) but there's still a lot of work involved in fixing them up and presenting them in compilations. Thanks for watching.
I'm 46 and this is called vintage. I think vintage and it's the gramophone 🤣 God I'm getting old.
I did originally state decades in the titles, but people started getting pedantic about it so I just went with 'vintage'. And yes .. I feel where you're coming from. I'm 48 next month. I've fully embraced my 'vintage' nature! 😂
Same mate
The snowflakes even call it Retro nowadays ;)
I like watching these....takes me back to better times. The advert I remembered most was the Scotch advert....
Rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away
Rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away rerecord not fade away
Gets stuck in my head a bit like A Mars a day helps you work rest and play.
An excellent reminder of better days,sadly missed,thanks for posting. Made me smile !! 😆😆😆👍👍👍 From times when we were still in control of Tech,rather than the mess its now become . .
The Bedford HA Van in the Telecom add,Brilliant !!!!
Until very recently, I always thought "Maxell" was " Maxwell ".
I do not know why it took me thirty years to notice!!!!
🤣 Wow! Can't say I haven't had a similar experience.
Some older people are still waiting for the return of Maxwell House Tea.
Errr....it is Maxwell....or is this the Mandela effect?
@@truthjunkie2325 It's most likely people mistaking Maxell for Maxwell as it was an issue during the original broadcast of the adverts. In this case not the Mandela Effect for most people.
Great video. Great ads except the Amstrad one - they even did their ads on the cheap!
Love a bit of robot dancing though. That ad was a BIT like robot dancing.
Cheap crappy advert for cheap crappy hifi
LOVE yr vids... I'm so enjoying these ads!! Scary how I can still remember some of the jingles...but can't remember where I put my phone this morning !! Shirt term memory loss ... inevitable at 48!
Way more effort went into old adverts. How bad will life be when we look back on today and think it was great
Amazing, if you ring the number on the scotch video tape they still send you a replacement!
📼🤣
How Alan Sugar became a billionaire selling such complete tat is beyond me, the Del Boy of billionaires, except less likeable.
We had the more common Ferguson iteration of that JVC machine at the beginning. Lasted many years! 📼
[JVC HR-7700 / Ferguson 3V23]
Compared to what people were paid back then,tech was expensive, almost 1000 for a camcorder,that was about 5 or 6 week's pay for a lot of people, would have been for me !.
Camcorder was always the holy grail of purchases. Never could afford one back then.
Had a Sharp VHS VC3500 with bag, charger and camcorder for Feb 1982 £1250. When a manager of 300+ workforce was on £4 per hour. Equivalent to £20 hr now if your outside Londonistan.
We had technology in those days made in Japan, lasted longer, better build quality, look at the state were in with the cheap tat of well , you know where (. I really miss those classic days of owning the gadgets from the likes of Fisher, Toshiba, Sharp,, Mitsubishi, JVC, SONY, Panasonic, the quality Japanese products back then was top notch!. Bring back those days. (. Regards.
Yeah you're right. British products are the worst. Japan has led the world in quality for a long time.
We had that Sanyo VCR with the LCD remote. Can't recall the model number now but we were all very excited as it was our first one. My uncle was way more tech-savvy than my parents so he set it up, mid-1987 I think so we were quite late to the video revolution. IIRC the first thing recorded on it was a TOTP performance of China in your Hand by T'Pau! The long play 8 hour recording mode was awful, barely watchable by late 80s standards never mind today.
Eta: I grew up in Kidderminster in the 80s and don't remember Stellavision... maybe it was short-lived or just before my time? We had the independent Goggle Box and then much later, Choices opened up in a former Lloyd's Bank branch, both on Station Hill.
I remember the awful long play mode on old VCRs. I didn't mind the picture so much, but the sound was terrible - a tinny and hissy mess. I only used it once, then never touched it again.
hello from estonia we have video cassette recorder
man i remember many of these ads. is surprising how much tech is obsolete now. the jvc camcorder for 979 quid for example. most mobiles do the job of a few devices now. crazy how much things have advanced
Always wanted a camcorder back in the day. £1000 was out of the question though. Only wealthier families had them when I was growing up.
@@RetroSteveUK i only ever saw one, it was owned by a family friend who filmed weddings with it. it paid for itself within a year
Isn’t that the one in Back to the Future?
@@InAMinMaths I think it might be. If not, certainly the same brand and range. Just watched Back To The Future yesterday. The cam was a JVC.
RetroSteveUK just thought apt for your 88mph tv 👍
Loving all these, having started working in the TV/Video retail industry in 1980 this is gloriously nostalgic stuff, I miss the word 'Nicam'!
I wish the mock TV surround was a little darker to separate it from the content and for added realism but this is top stuff, thank you for putting such great content out.
Was that Burt Kwouk voicing the Sanyo advert?
Yes. I haven't looked it up, but I was sure that was him.
Yes Steve I also think 🤔 it was Burt Kwouk voicing the Sanyo ads it certainly does sound like his voice
Yes, It was the great Burt Kwouk from the Pink Panther films and Tenko.
Wang! There’s a name to put a smile on everyone’s face.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A personal stereo for 9.99 at Curry's....kind of summed up Curry's back in those days really, they sold pretty naff tech, nothing you would see in top reviews in mags
VHS players perfect for tapeing WWF and lending em around the school come back 1992 I got old 😆
"Wang Computers" ...... Be careful how you say our name! 🤣
Something I heard on Family Guy. Chris the son ask Peter the dad. What does VHS mean. He replies no 1 knows son that information has been lost in Time. Made me smile.
Peter Bowles / Oz!!
No sound effects on the Amstrad audio equipment, it used to stutter straight out of the box :)
Comes to something when we’d rather watch a bunch of adverts from the past rather than tv that’s on now.
Amazing all the electrical superstores, now only Currys left
That’s number wang!
Rumbelows!!!! There's a blast from the past.
Right next door to Radio Rentals! 📺😁
@@RetroSteveUK I'll see your Radio Rentals and raise you a Rediffusion!!
@@Cornz38 I'll fold .. 😂
Re Record not fade away classic.
Imagine trying to claim on the lifetime warranty now!
😂 I had to laugh at the Amstrad adverts for their tower hi fi systems I used to have a amstrad tower hi fi in the 80,s not exactly known for there quality mine was not spent more time under repair than use lol 😂
I seem to remember Alan Sugar himself admitting that Amstrad electronics were crap, but cheap and affordable.
@@RetroSteveUK yes I recall that too ha ha
@@RetroSteveUK There was a rumour that when he added the CD player he made the Record player sound worse on purpose so the CD player sounded good....
Remember the Phillips CD video. Saw them in Tower 🗼 Records. Shame they didn't last.
I suppose with DVD just round the corner it would only have been a matter of time anyway.
@12.25 I had that Saisho TV, but in black. Cost me £99 (So I did buy better ;) ) Lasted for years!
Built to last back then.
Burt Kwuok in Sanyo ad
5:54 Inappropriate touching in the workplace. I hope HR called her in to be disciplined ;)
It's ok, he's probably a pervert himself, like most men at that time. He'd have probably enjoyed it.
Through a strange twist of Fate, I managed to find myself on the Scottish Oracle/Teletext Advisory Committee in 2000/2001. Gods, that was weird.
The cheek of Lord Sugar when he tells apprentices their adverts are bad
That's a really good point! 😂
Back when these ads were running, I was moving from my Commodore 64 programming, to a Computer Operations/Programming Course at college, followed by a 35 year I.T. career, working in the U.K. and the U.S.A.!
Ceefax was a bit like if the whole internet was made from Lego.
That actually a good way to put it. 🤣
It's not lost on me when it says 88mph on the tv set......Cheers!
Well spotted.
JVC - featuring Arlene Phillips' steamy Hot Gossip dance troupe.
Betamax was superior to VHS. Marketing was better concerning VHS. Video 2000 you could use both sides. Long play VHS is terrible. I experimented in late 80s.
Definitely. I only ever used long play a couple of times to fit multiple films on one tape. I still have one I recorded back in the day. It has not aged well.
@@RetroSteveUK I put VHS tape on Betamax & visa versa & it showed Betamax cassettes used slightly less tape as the VHS tape on the Betamax spools ran a little faster so Betamax better picture using less tape.
Wang 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
alan sgar produced some of the worst crap from this era
Yeah, he admits that himself. 🤣
And my Mitsubishi PHEV costs the Earth in petrol.
WANG! XD
OMG stellavision. I used to work in the cotteridge one when it became a Choices Video
Fantastic stuff. The video camera is the one used in Back to the Future and season 2 of Stranger Things.
Another classic upload sir 🤘
" vintage " we aint quite that old just yet !!!! Twas only the 80s !!!!!!
Yeah, only 40-ish years ago. 🤣
@@RetroSteveUK vintage is 1920s era .....etc etc !!!
3:30 That statement won’t age well BT!
🤣
@RetroSteveUK I love theses old videos takes me back to being a kid the in 80s. A much Better Time. Thank you. I have quite few old VHS still from the 80s. With loads old Adds on. Premier of Gremlins in Xmas 87. Ghostbusters. 86 Temple of Doom 87. I have no way of getting them up on here. But if you think you can, let me know, we could sort something out, get the up for all to see. Cheers
Thanks for the offer. I have enough old ads stored up for years' worth of compilations though, so no need, cheers. 🙂👍
This Mitsubishi stayed at home 😂😂😂👏👏
“5 band graphic equaliser” you know that thing that nobody really ever understood or ever used.
Just a fancy Bass & Treble control. I actually miss that simple level of control on hifi devices. Now we just get a couple of generic presets .. Flat / Pop / Classic etc..
1st Sanyo ad, was that Bert Kwouk narrating it?
I believe so, yes.
@@RetroSteveUK thanks! I thought I recognised the voice!
Wang. Mmmmmhhhmmm.
lol 😆
"she sat on my WANG and broke it"
A big lass, was she?
@@RetroSteveUK massive
Superb work thanks for taking the time . Im off to go buy a wang 😂😂😂😂
That never stops being funny. It's the gift that keeps on giving. 🤣
Reef!
I had to look that up on Urban Dictionary, & I'm still not sure what it means, but thanks for the comment. 😂
@@RetroSteveUK ha ha, it was the band/song advertising Sony mini disc
@@RetroSteveUK The band in the Minidisc advert are called Reef, the song's called Naked from the 1995 album Replenish.
@@xxnonstopdancingxx Oh yeah! D'oh!
I thought the band were American until "Place yor 'ands"! 🤣
Wang 🤣
Never gets old! 😂
Dunno if it's on this but always felt the Maxell tape blowing the guys mind advert was brilliant.
Yes it is there, I always loved that Maxell ad too!! So futuristic for the 80s 😍
It's at 8:51
Cool .... love it!
Can I still get a Wang?
Depends where you look. Seriously though, Wikipedia days they ceased to exist as a company in 2008.
thanks Steve!!
You're welcome.
The Dixons ad at 2.00-2.02 - I don't think that many people would be walking in/out of the shop!!