First Gen '85 or '86 In HughsNet Commercial

[DJ89MAX]

Happened to notice a first generation Max in a HughsNet Internet Commercial while watching the tube this week. Looks like an '85 or '86. Good to see the ole 1st Gens are still getting a few seconds of fame! Too bad the next scene is the gauges of a Virago or something....




HughesNet Gen4 TV Commercial, 'No Matter Where Yo…: http://youtu.be/6Wd7osq8JAA

 

[dannymax]

Pretty cool! :clapping:

Despite the non-existent screw at the end of that screwdriver! :biglaugh:

 

[Fire-medic]

Yes that has been mentioned before on the website. Maybe the Irondequoit Bay froze-up so-much last winter that the electromagnetic spectrum of tv signals was delayed in reaching Genessee County, or Schultz and Dooley drank too-much Utica Club and forgot to turn-on the broadcast tower?:rofl_200:

Have a Genny Cream Ale and fuhgeddabouhtit!

Yes, that's Hemlock Lake!

 

[DJ89MAX]

Maybe it was mentioned on here back when electromagnetic tv signals or broadcast towers were still being used. I joined the site in the digital age!

 

[Fire-medic]

Ever drive by a Comcast (or is it Frontier) broadcast base? Before that fiber-optic signal comes slithering to your home tv, it comes from a satellite to that regional reception site where the signal is split according to what you subscribe-to, via filters out on the pole by your home.
"Electromagnetic spectrum, baby!":rofl_200:And your "smartphone?" Those relay towers, which when you're too-far from the network, you curse your 'dropped call,' or the youtube won't play...
"Electromagnetic spectrum, baby!":rofl_200:

Maybe it was mentioned on here back when electromagnetic tv signals or broadcast towers were still being used. I joined the site in the digital age!