What is… The Internet? (1994 Commercial)

I was cleaning out my VHS tapes and stumbled upon this time capsule: a 1994 infomercial on “high-tech gifts for Father’s Day.” Most segments were hilarious: enormous cellular phone, 0 Sega CD game system, large monochrome laptop, etc. In this segment: “Hot New technology: The Internet/”
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30 Responses to “What is… The Internet? (1994 Commercial)”

  1. kolajampe says:

    lol 18 years later i access the knowledge of the world, and stream high definition video in seconds to a device that fits in my pocket. I really wonder what the next 18 years will bring! can it get any better than this??!

  2. nuttytexture says:

    haha… i know exactly what you mean.

  3. Trunglar says:

    Those time where you can email people, now you can watch porn. What a revolution.

  4. Maestro13193 says:

    I remember when the internet was actually exciting. Now it’s like….whatever.

  5. TheROADRUNNER36 says:

    hello

  6. Shadyblast says:

    “Each service has its own, easy to use interface…”

    Ah yes… I remember the times when I was a little kid and my computer was running Win95. There was nothing easy about entering the internet. It was a quest full of hardship, anger and pain that lured with the promise of some slooooooowly loading pictures and horrific looking sites as a reward for your efforts. It was kinda awesome, though. :D

  7. xmasterfunk says:

    There’s no use arguing with a 15 year old about anything, lol. Let him say what he wants and act how he acts. He’ll turn 20 someday and realize how fucking stupid all teenagers are including himself. We all go through the talk the badass talk.

  8. SexualFruiit says:

    DAT KEYBOARD

  9. mjakab64 says:

    What?

  10. SuperNumber19 says:

    lol well said. you’re funny @ 2 year old internet experience now a professional at 14. haha.

  11. SuperNumber19 says:

    cool story bro.

  12. mjakab64 says:

    Whoa! What a badass!

  13. SuperNumber19 says:

    older and cooler we seen more shit then you ever have.. in 1997 we were in junior high some in high school you were in freaking diapers however, so some respect no one is saying we’re specialer or grander we just find it funny ..you little amateur novice in life. :D

  14. 37personunkown says:

    dont see why you having a job has to do with anything, I personally dont really give a shit, and hunting is not stupid it is actually really important. poaching is stupid

  15. Doky9889 says:

    hmm, lets see, i have a job, and hunting is stupid.. so yea

  16. 37personunkown says:

    uhhh kids today, can’t put them to work, can’t hunt then for sport

  17. Doky9889 says:

    Oh boy, are you upset; do you need a tissue? Because your acting like a fucking child. Get over it you immature, ignorant dumbass. I’m one of those little kids eh? And your one of those creepy ass white guys that’s 53 years old, that is obsessed with guns, world war 2 tactics and loves playing formula 1.

    P.S Ipads are gay, their core processor is weak compared to other tablets, as well as their RAM stats, but you wouldn’t understand…lol

  18. jaedcapo says:

    shit guise seriously stop thinking you are special just because you were born in the fucking 80´s that makes you nothing but older

  19. Pretendin2baposr says:

    I’m glad saying “the online service” never caught on..
    

  20. MiniMouw says:

    Fuck this, i born in 96′, so i can’t say what you people say.
    I didn’t have internet until 2002, so fuck my opinion and fuck all childs like me born in 1996 saying they remember the 90′s and the internet!

    Ps.- my english is not good

  21. 37personunkown says:

    first of all who gives a shit about how well my english is on the internet its the fucking internet, almost half of it is porn. And don’t tell people that their English is shit when yours isn’t even right, dumbass. And are you really telling me that at age 2, before you could talk and read you were on the internet, Really? Your full of shit, your one of those little kids that says he know about pre 2000′s stuff, then goes and bitches about how his ipad isn’t working

  22. Doky9889 says:

    First, learn how to type proper English before you even attempt to insult me 2) Who says you know anything about me or my life? Lets get something straight, when I was 2 my parents who catch me playing on a 95 laptop that was my dead great uncle’s. I still remember files I would open up and looked at (ex. Oklahoma_113.doc) 2) I would always be on the internet when I was little just looking at the website designs (b4 I could read). Don’t judge people when you have no idea what your talking about.

  23. 37personunkown says:

    …you were born in 97′ please tell me about technology in the before time. You don’t know anything about old internet and computers.

  24. allyrox99 says:

    Lol, the music at :53-1:07 sounds like the music from the original Sims.

  25. Samus312 says:

    Is that the Star Trek Red Alert and the door close effect at the end?

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  27. OmgItBJp says:

    it is 3d another video shows that

  28. chilitylerash says:

    Does anyone know if the 71 inch 21:9 Vizio is still being released? And if so, will it be a 3D television?

  29. Vienna1791 says:

    I need that tv. Wow

  30. Rogelio Quintana says:

    whats up with the crazy transitions?


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