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Originally Posted by andy

I wonder which (if any) of these cheap brands will be a top brand in 10 or 20 years? I can still remember when Goldstar (LG), and Samsung were synonymous with garbage. Now many people put them up with the best Japanese brands.

That's kinda funny cos, well I don't know about Goldstar, but I know Samsung's a Korean brand, and from my experience they make good stuff for the most part.

I know my 19" flatscreen CRT monitor that I use every day (made in 2002) still produces an excellent picture, and that the CRT was made by Samsung. I also have a 19" Samsung TV made in 1994 that only needs one bad cap replaced (if I can ever find it...), and I have a 25" Samsung TV (made in 2001) which works beautifully.

I also have two Samsung hard drives. One I found, and one I bought, and they perform flawlessly. The one I found is now several years old, and the fact that it still works fine is amazing for a hard drive.

I dunno whether I've been extremely lucky, or if Samsung actually cares about quality. I do know that my Samsung electronics tend to just...work...