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This Best Buy Paper Ad From 1994 Is An Incredible Time Capsule That Shows How Much Everything Has Changed
With all of the advanced technology on the market these days, including the newly-released iPhone X, it's easy to lose sight of where it all began. A Best Buy flyer from 1994 has surfaced online, and when you see the cutting-edge stuff they were selling, you're either going to feel extremely old or wonder what the hell you're looking at.
From Packard Bell multimedia computer systems, to VHS camcorders, to Sony Walkmans, all the legends are here, and more. Remember your first cordless Motorola phone? How about the Super Nintendo you used to play with your friends after school? Don't forget the 'Lion King' soundtrack CD you used to blast from your compact stereo. It was truly a simpler time, one that existed in those magical years before we started meeting on Tinder, GPS-tracking each other on Snapchat, and uploading it all on Instagram. None of this rings a bell? Go ask your older sister, or just go back to texting.
Relive the glory days of commercial technology, and dive into the flashback of a flyer yourself below. Just don't say we didn't warn you about the major feels you may experience.
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Nothing will EVER beat the days when we "joined the club" and got 12 CD's (or LP's) for a PENNY! lol th-5a217c8c20e32.jpg
I LOVED my Walkman. It was black and red. Obviously I carried with it eeeeeverywhere.
Anyone else notice that the price of a vacuum and microwave is pretty much the same nowadays? I mean, the micro would be better technology today (maybe?) lol
We might be saying the same thing in 10 years about the Apple iPhone 8 or Samsung Galaxy S8
I can imagine telling my future kids about them. Me: *finds iphone x in thrift store* "kids, this here was what we had I was a teenager, it was pretty back then" Kids:* just look with disgust at this "ancient technology"*
Load More Replies...Just asked my kid to describe the cassette Walkman with headphones on the ad she said looks like a headphone. I asked what’s in the middle of the headphones, and she said a charger for the headphones. I cracked up.
Load More Replies...To be honest the price hasn't changed that much for comparable products today
We might be saying the same thing in 10 years about the Apple iPhone 8 or Samsung Galaxy S8
I can imagine telling my future kids about them. Me: *finds iphone x in thrift store* "kids, this here was what we had I was a teenager, it was pretty back then" Kids:* just look with disgust at this "ancient technology"*
Load More Replies...Just asked my kid to describe the cassette Walkman with headphones on the ad she said looks like a headphone. I asked what’s in the middle of the headphones, and she said a charger for the headphones. I cracked up.
Load More Replies...To be honest the price hasn't changed that much for comparable products today