Zenith 1M30T20 (12" B&W from 1966)

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Popester

Amazing build quality that the pictures show. It’s just sad �� we don’t/won’t/can’t build consumer products like this anymore in USA.

Radios would be the only practical hand wired discreet transistor device we could make...even the simplest modern TVs, digital audio players, cell phones require enough computing power to require a wearhouse full of discreet transistor circuits...just imagine your mobile phone being so big you'd need multiple semis to pull it.
It would be interesting though if we hand wired chassis mount ICs together to make a product.