rew@cbosgd.UUCP (11/18/83)
Who makes the various VCRs? A column by Andy Wickstrom syndicated by Knight/Ridder News Service gives the following label/maker pairs: VHS LABEL MAKER Panasonic Matsushita Electric Quasar Matsushita Electric Magnavox Matsushita Electric GE (>'83) Matsushita Electric Sylvania Matsushita Electric Philco Matsushita Electric RCA Matsushita Electric JCPenny Matsushita Electric Curtis Mathes Matsushita Electric Jensen Japanese Victor Co (JVC) Kenwood Japanese Victor Co (JVC) Akai Japanese Victor Co (JVC) Sansui Japanese Victor Co (JVC) Tatung Japanese Victor Co (JVC) JVC Japanese Victor Co (JVC) Hitachi Hitachi Minolta Hitachi Pentax Hitachi RCA (portable) Hitachi GE (pre '83) Hitachi Sharp Sharp Montgomery Wards Sharp Fisher Fisher Sears Fisher Misubishi (MGA) Mitsubishi Beta Sony Sony Zenith Sony Toshiba Toshiba NEC NEC Marantz Marantz Sanyo Sanyo Sears Sanyo NEC (portable) Sanyo Another complication: Sanyo owns the video division of Fisher. All RCAs used to be built by Matsushita, but the portables are now by Hitachi, while GE has switched the other way. Bob Warren cbosgb!rew