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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007
But in 1976-1980 there where still tv sets that use Made in U.S.A. components?
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There were no 100% US sets by then. You could always find some
small parts made in Europe or Asia. There were lots of sets that
were almost 100% US if you count major parts & board assembly.
I will speak for Zenith color sets. They made almost all if not all
of the CRT's, FBT's,varactor tuners, wood cabinets & assembly here.
Plastic parts & hardware etc were mostly US sourced.
You could find some small parts from overseas. This held for
the other major US brands for the most part.
As far as who was last Zenith, RCA (GE, RCA, Proscan) &
North American Phillips ( Sylvania, Philco, Magnavox & Phillips)
lasted into the mid 90's with relatively US made sets.
BTW we used to sell Romanian TV stands, they were pretty good !
73 Zeno
73 Zeno