1978 Magnavox 11" Color

[AlanInSitges]

Quasar sold the exact same set, I think those were actually imported from Japan vs. the bigger sets built in Franklin Park. It had a killer picture. We used to turn it off before demoing the 19 and 25 inch sets in the store.

[Robert Grant]

Motorola saw where the real money was: Government contracts.

Seeing the writing on the phosphor, Motorola left the consumer electronics market, and sold it to Matsushita, giving the Quasar tradename (originally a line of color TV sets) to become the tradename for Matsushita products.

In the long run, they determined that the Panasonic brand carried more clout.

(EDIT). This is also why if you are looking through the Photofact directory for a Motorola TV from the 1950s, you need to look under Quasar.

[rwilson]

I was able to find the SAMS Photofact number for it and then found one on eBay. A much better deal than downloading direct from SAMS.