Description
Black and white 10″ x 13 3/4″ ad for Panasonic Televisions that has a headline that says that “You are being misled about battery-operated television”. The ad, which has a picture of a television showing a man sitting at the beach watching television, says that “Most of the people who make those small television sets would like you to believe that they’re as portable as a portable radio. Unfortunately, they aren’t. The fact is, if you’re going anywhere outdoors and want to take one of their sets along, you’re also going to have to take along a separate ten-pound battery pack. And chances are, half the time you’ll wind up leaving the set at home, where it really belongs. The Panasonic Valley View, on the other hand, is really a battery-powered portable television set. We mean the rechargeable battery is right inside the set. When you’re outdoors, it works on battery. Indoors on house current. And, incidentally, our battery can be recharged twice as many times as one of those you’d have to lug around and it can’t be overcharged”.
Source: November 24, 1967 Life magazine.
