Admiral Triple Thrill
I love this ad for the Admiral Triple Thrill:
It reads:
Home Entertainment all in One Luxurious Console $499.95
From Admiral comes complete home entertainment to charm your family and guests. Magic Mirror Television brings you bright, steady, mirror-like pictures on a big 10″ direct view screen… the clearest pictures of them all! Super-powered by 29 tubes to assure dependable performance even in outlying areas. Receives all channels. New two-speed automatic phonograph plays standard as well as new LP (long play) 45 minute microgroove records. Here, too, is a powerful radio with the finest features in FM-AM as developed by Admiral. Truly a triple thrill… all combined in a breathtakingly beautiful cabinet that measures only 48 inches wide! See it! Hear it! Today!
It’s such a strange juxtaposition to compare this Admiral TV/Record Player/Radio with the E-matic Video/MP3 Player/Camera that I just reviewed last week. We now have the power to carry hundreds of songs, TV shows and photos in our pockets for a mere fifty bucks! When you account for inflation, our $50 now would have been worth $5.68 back in 1948 when that ad was made.
To all the gadget haters out there, we live in a WONDEROUS time!
Ad via: Found in Mom’s Basement: Two vintage ads for home electronics
I love your blog. Came across it looking for a picture of an old Admiral stereo furniture piece. Hope you don’t mind, I’ve used this photo in my blog, at http://www.retrohound.com/admiral-stereo-advertising-album/. I’ve given you credit.
Comment by Retro Hound — December 28, 2009 @ 12:57 pm