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Originally posted by jstout66
I agree! and on that note, has anyone noticed that there AREN'T any sets out with the Zenith logo? Also..... on some CBS movies and tv shows I would see the logo "HDTV brought to you by Zenith" Not anymore...... I watched that "new" Helter Skelter movie last week and saw "LC bringing you HDTV" which is Goldstar. So is the Zenith name done????? It's so sad that of ALL companies Goldstar was the one to buy the Zenith name. I don't think even Thomson (which got RCA) is as bad as Goldstar.....
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That's a new one on me, although with all TVs being made overseas these days I guess I shouldn't be surprised. When did GS quit using the lightning-bolt "Z" stylized Zenith logo on its TVs? For that matter, when did CBS change the notice at the bottom of the screen at the beginning of its high-definition programs to "LG bringing you HDTV"?
What's next? Thomson doing away with the stylized RCA logo this year, next year, or...? (Magnavox chucked its decades-old shield logo, along with that wonderful raised block letters "Magnavox" nameplate some years ago, even before the company was bought out by Philips; GE still uses its logo from years ago, though, even though GE-branded sets, like RCAs, are made by Thomson.) If it comes to this (RCA ditching its logo and putting some name we never heard of on its televisions), I will be convinced we have seen the definite end of an era (although I suppose the era ended with a well-defined thump as soon as RCA, GE, Magnavox, Zenith, etc. closed their U. S. manufacturing plants and went overseas).
Thomson is nowhere near as bad as Gold Star, especially now that Thomson has licked the onboard tuner problem in its TVs by mounting the tuner separately from the main circuit board. How long will it take Gold Star to figure out and correct the many problems in its televisions, if they ever do?
