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My luck on Funai products hasn't been good. I like to think I'm somewhat "with it" on vintage stuff, but have no clue as to who owns/makes what in modern gear.
In 2004 I bought 2 Toshiba VCR/DVD combo's. The price wasn't that cheap and I thought I was getting something that might last longer than the "cheapies". The first one dies within the year, the second one got glitchy and I quit using it, and ended up selling that. Come to find out.. Funai made products.
Around the same time someone gave me a non working Magnavox 13" TV/DVD combo. It had a dead short, so I thought I was "crafty" by returning it to a chain store for another one. That one was dead out of the box. Returned it, got another, and the picture was so bad, I returned it and got a store credit. Again.. Funai made product.
On another note, in 2004, I bought a higher end 24" Flat screen Toshiba TV. I found out it has an Orion CRT, and most likely made by Orion. I will have to say, it still works and has a fantastic picture. That set was one I exchanged for a Sony Wega, that I bought. That set had too dark of a picture and was glitchy within a week. I read online of all the issues Sony was having with the Wega line, and made the store give me a Toshiba as those had the same features, and was within the price range.
I also have a 32" JVC I'Art (2003 vintage) so hopefully that is a full JVC product. Fantastic picture, but that one is developing problems as well. If it's humid and you first turn it on, the picture is out of focus for a few seconds before it locks in.
I dought ANY of the last gasp CRT sets of that era were made that well.
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