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To: porn_start878 who wrote (6242)	8/23/2000 10:20:51 AM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

> Actually I estimate that 99.9% of all TV ads can be considered as insult to intelligence, don't you? Yes. And those ads tend to fail to sell product. > So what was so bad with it? I never saw it on TV since I don't live in US so I didn't feel the saw-it-too-much effect that I > feel when I see a noisy commercial more that twice... Maybe that's what it miss to me? AMD's ad was a new low. Basically, I came out of it with the impression that buying an AMD ATHLON would make the buyer an inherently louder and more annoying person. All AMD had to do is put up a simple computer graphic demo with a voiceover saying "The AMD Athlon processor offers the fastest PC experience with incredible 3D processing ability and unimaginable internet web surfing power. With by far the most stability in its class [errata comparison betw. Athlon and PIII pops up onto the bottom of the screen], and prices up to fifty percent lower than the leading brand, the AMD Athlon processor is the unbeatable choice for your next PC computer". BTW, all, I apologize to resorting to drivel in that quote. People would, in fact, still complain about this commercial (especially the internet crap and the "PC computer" oopsie). But this commercial would be much more effective than the Train commercial, it would be much cheaper to produce, it would be a cheaper sell since it'd have a slightly shorter runtime ... the term "etcetera" comes to mind. Oh, I should also note that conservative business types would react better to a conservative ad such as the one above, as opposed to death metal style crap like the Train commercial. -JC