Redonkulous advertising

[steve.ledger]

Ever come across a thoughtless/stupid/wrong or just plain redonkulous advertisement?
One that makes you wonder 'what they were thinking' ?

Here's one I spotted this evening..

Can you tell what's dumb about this ad for this sprung clip webcam?

[pauland]

I'm almost scared to suggest anything - in case I miss the obvious problem.

1) It's not a good idea having a spring clip pressing against the screen
2) The clip gets in the way of the screen. Anyview indeed.

..not sure what the red dot is about..

Paul

[I had to look up "Redonkulous"]

[steve.ledger]

[I had to look up "Redonkulous"]

It's my second favourite after 'unpossible'

[handrawn]

is that a monitor it is clipped on top of?

because if so then quite apart from hiding part of the screen, it probably comes under the general heading of 'invalidating the warranty [manufacturer's guarantee]' as it may well twist the screen face slightly if its LCD, so it 'bleeds'..... or scratch it .. or...

I am less than impressed...

[David Hewitt]

i was thinking the Red Dot also...
I.E i suspect this type of optical effect is normally associated with the type of optics obviously not apparent in a cheap web cam....
IE like light getting in from the view finder or some kind of internal reflection or something like that i dont know....