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TonyDuell · 14th Oct 2018, 1:43 pm

Getting slightly off-topic, I remember a Toshiba advert on television from the early 1990s. The words of the song were something like :

The future will be great
With your new Toshiba
But you'll just have to wait
For your new Toshiba
NICAM stereo
Coming to Toshiba
It's digitial, don't you know
[Spoken]Don't want any clicks and fuzzy-buzzies
Every note you hear
On your new Toshiba
Will sound jolly clear

Why do I remember it? It was one of the first things I picked up after building and aligning the Maplin NICAM TV tuner/decoder kit. Had that unit, cover off, on my bench linked to a green screen composite video monitor and a little stereo amplfier feeding headphones. And I heard an advert for a NICAM TV that was coming soon when I was listening to NICAM stereo sound. Still have the Maplin NICAM tuner unt, useless now of course.

14th Oct 2018, 1:43 pm	#35
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: What radio & TV shop advertising do you remember? Getting slightly off-topic, I remember a Toshiba advert on television from the early 1990s. The words of the song were something like : The future will be great With your new Toshiba But you'll just have to wait For your new Toshiba NICAM stereo Coming to Toshiba It's digitial, don't you know [Spoken]Don't want any clicks and fuzzy-buzzies Every note you hear On your new Toshiba Will sound jolly clear Why do I remember it? It was one of the first things I picked up after building and aligning the Maplin NICAM TV tuner/decoder kit. Had that unit, cover off, on my bench linked to a green screen composite video monitor and a little stereo amplfier feeding headphones. And I heard an advert for a NICAM TV that was coming soon when I was listening to NICAM stereo sound. Still have the Maplin NICAM tuner unt, useless now of course.