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Originally Posted by Sandy G
I would think ANY DuMont would be potentially worthy of being "collected"...After all, the NEWEST one is nigh on to 55 years old now, right ?
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Sometime around the mid 1980's I remember seeing Dumont sets being sold in either an Eagles, or a Roses department store. I remember being surprised and almost bought one as a novelty. Somewhere I read on the net that the name, like that of almost any of the great American electronics names of the past was purchased by Japanese corporations.
These companies make cheap garbage specifically targeted through the use of the traditional and familiar name to suck(er) in the American consumer.
As far as I know to this day if you were to find say a Zenith, or Emerson, you can bet your next paycheck that it is made in good ol' Japan, by a Jap company, with rights to the name.
We can't even produce our own combat boots anymore.
Such a shame! I need to go on that thought before this becomes a REAL off topic rant...
