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The one to see, the one to hear, the one for you!

To usher in the 90s, or “the dawning of a new age”, Panasonic took the most advanced technology and created a new TV worthy of such exciting times. Marvel over the brilliantly clear images and the dome sound system responsible for...

It’s a rainbow coloured flashback Friday!

As the first-generation of baby boomers hit their mid- to late twenties, the 70s was in full swing and the era was typified by explosions of colour – especially when it came to decorating the ‘pad’. Panasonic’s Ai-No Color (translates...

Listen to the power of platinum

Sometimes moments in life occur that are hard to fathom and yet can be understood with hard work and soul searching. And then there are those moments that even a think-tank of brilliant scientific minds could never even hope to...

It’s a plastic-fantastic vacuum flashback!

Today we are flashing back 1965 to revisit our irresistibly cute MC-1000 Vacuum Cleaner. This bold, modern product heralded in the era of plastic and became an instantly fashionable alternative to the clunky predecessors constructed from metal...

The iron that changed the electrical appliance market

The household iron is such a commonplace appliance that it’s hard to imagine a time when they were a luxury item out of the reach of ordinary consumers. But in the 1920s most electrical products were actually luxury items – a fact that...

Tiny town Travelvision TV from our flashback files

Long before the majority of people on planet earth spent their spare time hunched over into the glow of a smartphone, budding geeks and entertainment addicts were held in thrall by the advent of pocket TVs. Panasonic made a splash with this...

Attention, Earth People. The Orbitel is here.

One of the most iconic television sets of the 20th century, the Panasonic TR-005 Orbitel spoke to a generation obsessed by the concept of outer space. Manufactured for a very short period from the late 1960’s into the very early...