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Originally Posted by Red Raster
Phillips .. NTSC chassis K6 and K7 .. Were these sets sold in the US market as they were Canada?
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Yeah, why wouldn't GIANT Philips NV market its "world TV" (K series) in world's largest market, USA?
Especially after making an NTSC version for Canada?
And after buying Sylvania & Magnavox to break into USA market?
Something seems to have gone very wrong after they paid up for Sylvania & Magnavox: Was it the dumping of TVs into the non-tariff-protected US from Japan that made Philips' US operation run in the red? Certainly no place to try and sell their deluxe K-series when people are shopping price in a "buyers'-market".
Seems Philips engineered a cheaper single-board chassis in their non-union? Tennessee plant. I bought one of these TVs, the power supply blew up - a common problem it turned out. Looking at schematic and a Motorola application manual I had handy, I was stunned to see the switch-mode power supply was identical to the suggested circuit in the Motorola book
