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Carmine · #1 10-25-2006, 11:52 AM

I read a small article today about an arizona-based maker of hi-def televisions opening a new factory in california. The company is called syntax-brillian and produces olevia-brand Sets. anybody heard of them? Of course given the location i would expect the employee parking lot to be 90% Toyota and honda... so i do not know if I will be too excited to blow my earned-In-detroit paycheck on one... and i still think 16:9 Is stupid, lol!

waltchan · #2 10-25-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmine

I read a small article today about an arizona-based maker of hi-def televisions opening a new factory in california. The company is called syntax-brillian and produces olevia-brand Sets. anybody heard of them? Of course given the location i would expect the employee parking lot to be 90% Toyota and honda... so i do not know if I will be too excited to blow my earned-In-detroit paycheck on one... and i still think 16:9 Is stupid, lol!

Don't be too excited. The California plant is just an assembly plant. All the parts are made overseas, like China, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

redcoates7 · #3 10-25-2006, 02:20 PM

Hey, it's something though...I'd rather see those 120 manufacturing jobs in Ontario CA than somewhee else in the world!

Carmine · #4 10-25-2006, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by redcoates7

Hey, it's something though...I'd rather see those 120 manufacturing jobs in Ontario CA than somewhee else in the world!

Yes, I'll go with that. If I had to buy a new set, I'd put one of those on my shopping list so I could enjoy Green Acres without thinking of it being assembled by slave-labor children.

David Roper · #5 10-25-2006, 05:11 PM

What about Telstar Predictas? It says "made in the USA" with flag icon on their homepage (which I note hasn't seen an update since 2004), but in the FAQ section they claim manufacture of everything "except the tube and chassis" and I don't think they specify exactly where they are made.

bigmsound · #6 10-25-2006, 09:41 PM

The same "Syntax" brand also sells computer motherboards under their name, which are realy made in Taiwan by ECS (Elitegroup) /PCCHIPS.

kx250rider · #7 10-26-2006, 02:03 AM

Until we Americans are willing to work hard, 7 days a week, for 10 cents an hour with no benefits, there will be no true TV manufacturing plants on US soil

Charles

Radiophile2001 · #8 10-26-2006, 11:56 AM

Seems the "global marketplace" only benefits the multi-national business owners.....give it time, it also seems our own labor force is heading in that direction pretty quickly.
Guess buying $30 DVD players benefits us at least in the short term. But these NAFTA, GATT trade treaties were actually signed by folks WE elected?!
Thanks for letting me rant!
;-)