Why U.S.A. brands didn't made home V.C.R. using U.S.A. made components.

[KentTeffeteller]

Originally Posted by ESigma25

I'm not sure what you mean by this, as RCA and Phillips seem to have maintained US TV plants until at least the late 1980s.

But RCA did not actually manufacture any consumer VCR themselves. They purchased them from other vendors (as OEM items). Early models being built for RCA by Matsushita/Panasonic and Hitachi in Japan. Philips/Magnavox VCR models sold in the USA were built for them usually by Matsushita/Panasonic,

The only RCA Video Tape equipment ever built in the USA, and USA designed, was by RCA Broadcast and 2" Quadruplex open reel.