9 Hilarious Home Automation Ads from 1989Electronic House has been published since 1986 and it can be a lot of fun to browse through the earlier issues.
The articles and products from back then were quite amusing, but so were the ads, most of which lacked any flair what so ever.
Several of these companies, like Home Automation Inc. (HAI) and Parks Associates, are still around and thriving under the original ownership. Others, like distributor Home Automation Systems, were acquired and continue to thrive under new ownership as SmartHome. Still others, like X10, haven't changed since 1989.
And then, there was Mastervoice ...
Take a look at some of the
hilarious ads from back then.