TV COMMERCIAL

frank_f15 · Apr 16, 2004

Recently i have been seeing a commercial for digital cameras on tv, and it says out of the 4 best known name brands of cameras only XXXXX is THE OFFICIAL CAMERA OF THE INTERNET! now how can that be? anybody else see this and wonder about it? or am i just being to critical? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

txdon · Apr 16, 2004

... and as another internet source says:

""The Official Digital Camera of the Internet." It's brilliant, really--they would have had to pay to be "The Official Digital Camera of Major League Baseball," but since the Internet belongs to everybody and nobody, they can claim whatever they want."

Just another marketing skeem.... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

GerardC · Apr 16, 2004

Yes I have.
That is what a commercial is supposed to do. Make you think (perhaps even wonder about it /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif) and hopefully buy their official product.
I believe it's for the P~~~~~ Optio.
Same one?

Junkman · Apr 17, 2004

Speaking of TV commercials, have any of you seen the commercials for the British Ford SportKa? They are absolutely hilarious if you don't take them out of context. Animal rights activists definitely wouldn't approve of them and there is no way that they could be shown in the USA, however the European market is definitely not as Conservative. If you get a chance to view them, post a review. Each runs about 1 mb in length.

1st Ford Commercial

I have not found a link to the second video yet... I have it in an e mail only...... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Gatorboy · Apr 17, 2004

What exactly is the reason for not typing the name PENTAX? You guys type Ford, Chevy, Kubota, John Deere, etc. Unless PENTAX is some forbidden name I just don't know about? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

txdon · Apr 17, 2004

The reason for not using their name - Because we do not want to acknowledge their attempt at getting forums to mention their name on the same medium they claim superiority. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Gatorboy · Apr 17, 2004

( Because we do not want to acknowledge their attempt at getting forums to mention their name on the same medium they claim superiority )

Being the "Official" anything doesn't mean superiority. In the digital camera arena it is known that Canon is King with Nikon trying to catch up.

Junkman · Apr 17, 2004

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Being the "Official" anything doesn't mean superiority. In the digital camera arena it is known that Canon is King with Nikon trying to catch up. )

Trying to start the camera war on TBN????? Your opinion only! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

OkeeDon · Apr 17, 2004

I sometimes have to marvel at the pointy-haired boss thinking of marketing folks. Who do they expect to impress with that "official camera of the internet" babble? Everyone I know has enough knowledge of the internet to be able to scoff at such a claim, and avoid that brand like the plague because they make such unfounded claims.

Now, my favorite TV commercial is the one that says, "Nothing works better for pain than xx brand." I say, "Great! Because nothing is what I use!" If I did buy a pain killer, I think I'd want something that works better than nothing.

Or, how about, "Have you driven a Ford lately?" "No, I'm still alive."

GerardC · Apr 17, 2004

( ( Because we do not want to acknowledge their attempt at getting forums to mention their name on the same medium they claim superiority )

Being the "Official" anything doesn't mean superiority. In the digital camera arena it is known that Canon is King with Nikon trying to catch up. )

Canon lenses are superior in the general public realm, not their camera per say! That is a fact.