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A good friend of mine seemed to get a kick out of this site. Perhaps you will, also. For ''Boomers'' and ''Pre-Boomers'' only. 
Bob
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1960-2000-TVManufacturers.htm
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There are a lot of names I have not even heard of. What is interesting is that of those 220 manufacturers, less than 20 remain. Obviously, we have a lot of re-badged products out there.
I used to drink more than the median income!!! Too bad Microsoft couldn't be bought back then when the market was at 177!
What Things Cost in 1948:
Car: $1,550
Gasoline: 26 cents/gal
House: $13,500
Bread: 14 cents/loaf
Milk: 86 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Stock Market: 177
Average Annual Salary: $3,600
Minimum Wage: 40 cents per hour
I saw on your list the name Crosley. We so loved it every year hearing him sing White Christmas. Wonderful!
RR6
SEEING the success of this Forum posting; why not?
For a moment, my post was authored by ''unknown''. Thought this was perhaps intentional per the moderator for the attention my rediculous posting received.
HOPE you know my post is just a joke; lets see how many get
totally confused.
IN the meanstwhile, thanks for the opportunity.
your friend,
Michael.
I thought for awhile that maybe CNET was being taken over by some "unknown" hostile alien force.
Now I can relax and see if I can think of any more well known facts about little know subjects. A very challenging thread!
RR6
Munts TVs,,, pure JUNK!!!
Our first TV was 21" RCA B&W set in 1954.
I worked for Admiral part time in the service shop when I was in school(1966). They offer me a fulltime postion after I graduated, went to work for IBM instead. John
When I read the list, it's interesting to note who is still in business, and more importantly, to note that from that list, the only companies who make TVs worth a darn are the larger Japanese companies (Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, etc.). I've owned plenty junk made by RCA, GE, Emerson, Goldstar, Magnovox, Westinghouse and Zenith and I'll never buy any of those brands again.
Dan,
I used to be a math major so I went back to your post and counted the ''junk'' TV you owned:
''I've owned plenty junk made by RCA, GE, Emerson, Goldstar, Magnovox, Westinghouse and Zenith and I'll never buy any of those brands again.''
.....7 TV's!..... Are you a slow learner or what?
RR6
RR6,
Yes, through the 52 years of my life, it took a long time to realize that the better TVs were Japanese. There were various reasons for the repeated self-induced pain of buying American TVs, mostly caused by the need to spend less money. I'm happy to say that it took me less time to learn my lesson when it came to cars. I bought one GM car and I will never buy another.
One set of grandparents had a Crosley, with doors.
The others had a Motorola (sp?) It was God aweful.
Growing up my parent's first color TV was a Zenith. I think the next one was a Sears.
Good Grief.
river.
.....if you remember the Crosley with doors you are really old! One picture is worth a thousand words:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mherman/39crcon.jpg
For more great stuff look here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mherman/crosley1.html
Thanks for bringing up more great memories River.
RR6
Riv, Check to see if it has the Craftsman logo. Maybe you can still return it for a free relacement. Boy, are we one sick trio of blues! (RR6...Nice Crosley links; never saw a visual pun before!!)
I have three Westinghouse HD LCD TVs, bought in the last three months.
Other than that, nice link.
I wonder who makes them???
At one time Westinghouse was a good brand,,,then not so good,,,thier motto became "Can you be sure if it's Westinghouse???"
Or did some other company just by them name??? John
I have two 32'' and one 27''. Great picture on all of them.
http://www.westinghousedigital.com/
ANSWERS.COM
Apparently they just license the Westinghouse name these days. Source is Wikipedia.
Check out ''Group W'' as well. memories......
WBZ-Boston; now CBS-4.
river.
ANSWERS.COM
Apparently they just license the Westinghouse name these days. Source is Wikipedia.
Check out ''Group W'' as well. memories......
WBZ-Boston; now CBS-4.
river.
.....that happens so much now. Look at the current KLH, Marantz, Altec lines just to mention a few that are not the original company.
I think the new Westinghouse plasma is a re-badged Kelvinator.
RR6
I think they're just latest line from GATEWAY.
LOL. Westinghouse isn't really Westinghouse anymore.
river.
.....fantasize about her as a young boy. Well, that was until Annette Fun-A-Cello came along.
RR6
I met here once,,, They were doing a 4th of July parade and show in Evanstion Il, aaa,, 1958 it was.
My dad knew where they would be staging the kids so he took me there and I got to meet them, Annette, Darline, Karen, Cubby, Bobby, etc. I got picture and autographs.
If you thought that Annette looked good on TV, Well in person she wes incredible. Made my year it did. John
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