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Originally Posted by drh4683
Yes, 1960 was about the turning point when Motorola started using some non US made components, especially in their radios. In fact, that 1961 Motorola 23" b/w table set I posted a couple weeks ago had no foreign components which was somewhat of a surprise to me. It must have been one of the last "All American" Motorola TV's aside from the occasional Euro made tubes sometimes found in domestic sets.
Also, I should have been more clear though regarding the TS-924 set. This is a Motorola design in terms of cabinet styling, but entirely built by Sharp. Sharp essentially only needed to adapt their chassis to it.
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The Motorola set is the better looking of the lot. The Sharp built sets like the Midlands and other private labels, were strictly rebadges and looked like the economy sets they were.
They were hot running sets and therefor more trouble prone. The Panasonics and the Toshibas of the day were also very hot running.
