Remember when you called someone and you didn’t have to ask where they were? You knew for a fact that they couldn’t be any further away from their home phone than the length of the fully outstretched phone cord would allow. That phone...
Flashback
We bet you didn’t know that in 1987 George Lucas pimped out Star Wars in a series of Panasonic TV commercials, in-store posters, special events and magazine advertising to celebrate the films 10 year anniversary – but solely in...
Our award-winning LUMIX digital cameras may be a household brand name now, but 12 years ago, we were only just unveiling our very first models; the DMC-LC5 and DMC-F7. Equipped with world-renowned Leica lenses and imaging capabilities that...
It’s hard to believe that buying a stereo system was once as complicated as buying a car. By the time a salesperson had run through all the confusing aspects of which receivers went with which speakers, whether you needed 8 or 4 ohms...
This gem from the early 70s ran with the tagline “stereo lays an egg” and combined the iconic egg chair with an inbuilt stereo system for the ultimate in kitsch home interiors. It may be a flashback but a quick look through any cool design...
Now that video cameras are often no bigger than our hands and capable of recording on tiny cards or instantly sharing footage to your social networks, it hardly seems believable that this clunky camera was once considered cutting-edge. Unless...
Today we are flashing back to the Panasonic Dynamite 8 Portable 8-track player – without a doubt, this device was the coolest gadget of the 8-track era. Available in a fabulous array of colours and affectionately nicknamed the TNT, this...
Today when you want to walk around listening to music, you slip a player that weighs about 85 grams into your pocket, pop in your earbuds and head off into the world (finger-snapping optional). In 1965, if you had a yen for some music on the...
“With a new Panasonic cordless phone, you won’t sound like you’re calling from another planet.” It’s kind of strange to imagine a time when cordless phones were a far-out and scary concept. Yet in the early 80s, that’s just how it...
“Now Panasonic Hi-Fi VCRs can make your house sound better than most movie horrors. Experience the supernatural.” – 1986 In the 80s, horror movies were right there on everyone’s TV. From The Shining, to Nightmare on Elm St...