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Hard to say who owns who....For the RCA division in my hometown, the facility was Thompson, then part of Burle, and is now owned by a French imaging company. They continue to produce very elaborate imagine tubes typically for military purposes. I've had a few friends who have worked on the line their recently, and talked about how many hours it takes to make a single tube.

RCA (the name at least) was bought by Audiovox. I think they morphed into ON corporation.

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Originally Posted by Bill R (Post 2993003)

RCA (the name at least) was bought by Audiovox. I think they morphed into ON corporation.

Once greatest name in TV, now a brand selling remotes/accessories in Dollar Stores.

Their most valuable products - not their latest TVs, but their earliest TVs :scratch2:

Works in a Drawer ad - 16mm film transfer

Hi:

How did you do the 16mm film transfer. Do you have a pro shop setup? Is there a consumer grade tool to do the same thing?

i was just going to post that there is a works in the drawer set on ebay but i see the link above , now this set was all solid state , there was no rectifier tube ?

mike

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Originally Posted by andy (Post 2992955)

The way I understood things, GE bought RCA in about 1986, then immediately sold RCA electronics, and their own consumer electronics branch to Thomson (no P). Thomson ran RCA for about 15-20 years, and also used the GE name for electronics. I'm fairly sure that RCA was completely dissolved a few years ago, and I don't think Thomson has anything to do with the brand any more. I haven't seen the GE name on a piece of new consumer electronics for a few years, and RCA is pretty much gone.

The RCA web site doesn't say much about who owns the brand now. They even have an "RCA history" page which implies they're still an independent company, and completely omits GE and Thomson. Digging into the customer service area reveals that they have been made by ON Corporation since April 2010. I can't find anything about ON Corporation.

I remember when they changed the huge letters on the top of the RCA building (at Rockefeller Center in NYC) to "GE". I refused to refer to it as anything other than the RCA building (as did most everyone I knew).

that is really really depressing (the demise of companies like RCA/Zenith/Slyvania).

"See a demonstration of the New Solid State (except for rectifier tube) Motorola"

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Originally Posted by NewVista (Post 2994333)

"See a demonstration of the New Solid State (except for rectifier tube) Motorola"

I remember Brandt went out of business in the mid 70's . I didn't know he handled Motorola products. Probably was there for 40 years. Kind of an old sourpuss.

If you check on this thread:http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=250014, you will see that I purchased the set on ebay and am now GIVING it away. Pm me for details, just go pick it up. No strings attached, I don't want anything for it.

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Originally Posted by dieseljeep (Post 2994338)

I remember Brandt went out of business in the mid 70's . .

Was that the shop near small brick cinema?

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Originally Posted by NewVista (Post 2994365)

Was that the shop near small brick cinema?

I know the theater was right up the street. I haven't been on Delaware Av. in ages. I moved from Milwaukee almost nine years ago, after living there 57 years.

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Originally Posted by zenithfan1 (Post 2994339)

..I purchased the set ..

Another classic saved!:thmbsp: