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I think zeno is right. Hitachi consoles were very rare then. I think distribution was lacking on them or price might have been less than competitive. Hitachi's smaller sets sold well. And some brands were very regional in popularity then. Packard Bell seems to be more common out west. Wells-Gardners tend to be seen as store brands mainly. MGA was uncommon here in Tennessee, but you see a few here and there. The 1980's was when I began to see more Hitachi sets here in East Tennessee. However, RCA and Zenith were big, and Magnavox for us were locally made sets. I agree that Hitachi was the smallest selling of the Japanese brands. In TV you saw many more Panasonic and Sony sets.
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