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Old 10-29-2015, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Captainclock View Post
Interesting that a Japanese made set would be built here in America with American made parts...

I'm guessing this was shortly after Motorola folded?

And is this a VHF only set or does it do UHF as well? because I only see one knob on that set instead of the usual two that most UHF/VHF TVs have.
Motorola never really folded. They just sold off the lesser profitable divisions.
Matsushita was looking for a plant to final assemble products, to avoid high tariffs. They were one of the firms charged with "dumping", that is selling products for less money than it costs to build them, to gain market share.
The set shown is a higher priced model with the 18 position varactor tuner with 6 UHF presets.
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