Packard Bell Commercial

I wish computer commercials were all like this. Now all they care about is saying their 16 MB of ram is the best! lol. (my first comp. was a packard bell w/16 mb or ram, still have it!).

Who directed this piece? Has he or she moved on to feature work? I've been watching this ad over and over since I found it and it's making me misty-eyed. It's truly a work of art.

I remember when I first caught this commercial back in 1996...I remember that it would give me chills every time I saw it and it still gives me chills today. It's quite possibly one of the most haunting ads I've ever seen. This clip oozes with atmosphere and I love every bit of it.

According to Ellen Ullman, this video "reflects the ultimate suburbanization of existence: a retreat from the friction of the social space to the supposed idyll of private ease." In other words, Packard Bell is trying to sell us the idea that it is better just to stay at home and on our computer rather than interact in that messy world with all those people. It's a message that is ultimately anti-democratic.

I had an older packard bell

I was thinking the same. Very funny.

A buddy of mine reloaded the video. If you search for iBookWatch and look under his videos you will find this video. The sound is perfect on that upload.

indeed; it's great on his. i changed my link.. thanks!

although unfortunate that the encoder has the audio/video sync off by a second or so...

This happened during the upload. The file plays fine on my computer. When I uploaded to YouTube there is now the slight delay between the clip and the sound. I may try to reload the video and see what happens.