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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
Another Interesting fun fact, Philo Farnsworth (the man behind the Capehart and Farnsworth Radio and TV Company) actually was a pioneer in early TV manufacturing and had many patents in TV development which RCA ripped off from him, and when Philo tried to sue RCA for patent infringment they took him for a ride and drove him into bankruptcy.
So the majority of those Patent Nos. refrenced to on the back of these TVs that are claimed by RCA are actually Farnsworth Patents NOT RCA Patents.   |
Farnsworth was only behind the Farnsworth Company.
Capehart was a separate company known for luxury phonograph and Jukebox equipment. Their turnover changer that started as a a jukebox mechanism became the standard for premium home audio both in the high end consoles Capehart sold (which with add on remotes and amps became whole home radio and music systems) and paired with other high-end radios like E. H. Scott.
The 2 companies later merged since Capehart wanted into emerging Television Tech and Farnsworth needed the backing of a financially solid company to deal with RCAs nonsense.