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Old 12-27-2007, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by nasadowsk View Post
This brings up an interesting question - did anyone in the US public at the time even REALIZE that all color TV sets were more or less exactly the same, and that all the advertised 'color guard' and all gimmicks were basically nothing?
Consumer Reports magazine probably did tests, and they have traditionally been good at identifying "clone" appliances, so maybe they concentrated on other ways of seeing differences-cabinet quality, warranties, alignment/reception quality, etc.
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