[TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC

  • From: Eric Manuel <tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:16:39 -0330

Ed Gaides for Prime Minster of Canada..Eric
Eric Manuel
Deer Lake Nfld
Canada

Doug Keller wrote:
> 
> Ed for president!!!!!!!!!! (or governor of California)
> 
> Doug Keller
> Wis-Kel Electronics
> 101 Freeland Ave.
> Terra Alta, WV
> USA        26764
> dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.tech-assist.org
> "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
> won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
> 
> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
> 
> >Thomson in US eliminated 1200 jobs, which went to China. That's 1200
> >people, and families which quite likely will go unto some form of
> >Government assistance. I don't think that there is any way of turning
> >this around. Unless some branch of government gets involved. May have to
> >sidestep some patent right, open a few large factories to manufacture
> >this stuff, pay the workers a "reasonable" wage, keep the unions out.
> >Market the product for Homeland consumption. Give a proper Warranty,
> >have spare parts available. Sell at slightly more than cost of
> >production. This gives jobs to those that want them, and stimulates the
> >economy. Maybe use the billions we spend overseas, helping countries,
> >that really don't want our help, and revitalize our own interests for a
> >change.
> >       I realize this sounds over simplistic. But I would rather own
> >one "good" VCR, and pay $300 for it, then have 3 Orion's at $69 in my
> >Wall Unit, so I have 2 backups.
> >       Think of the joy of picking up the phone, calling the Parts
> >Department, or Service Department, and some one saying, How ya all doing
> >this morning"..that in itself would be worth the extra money.
> >
> >-Ed-
> >
> >Ed Gaidies
> >Tel-Tek Electronics
> >Ontario-Canada
> >
> >teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Keller
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:00 AM
> >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >
> >Or they will just absorb and take us over the way they have our
> >manufacturing.
> >
> >Doug Keller
> >Wis-Kel Electronics
> >101 Freeland Ave.
> >Terra Alta, WV
> >USA        26764
> >dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.tech-assist.org
> >"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
> >won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
> >
> >
> >
> >Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I can't understand why someone, wiser then us guys, can not see the
> >>shifting trend of All electronics being manufactured by the Asians. I
> >>wonder how much of our defense equipment, including missile tracking,
> >>satellite technology, CRT and LCD displays in our tanks and fighting
> >>vehicles, Night Vision technology, etc, depends on parts from China,
> >>Korea and other Asian countries. How will we get news updates from CNN,
> >>if we can't get parts for our
> >>NEC's...Goldstars...Sanyo's...Daewoos...Orions...and now RCA and GE
> >>TV's. How much of our Electrical grid depends on monitoring systems
> >>
> >>
> >made
> >
> >
> >>in China and the likes. If we continue to depend on technology from
> >>outside North America, we better not "pixx" these countries off. Or we
> >>will find many things on Backorder in the future.
> >>
> >>-Ed-
> >>
> >>Ed Gaidies
> >>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>Ontario-Canada
> >>
> >>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of walter wood
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:49 AM
> >>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>
> >>Seems to me that Goldstar was the CRT supplier when
> >>Zenith was having such a bad time of it with the
> >>"soft short" taking out all the main boards, and
> >>the sets being "Not worth fixing".
> >>That was pretty much all the '90's.
> >>I never could figure out why Zenith didn't find
> >>another CRT supplier.
> >>I guess that was a way to tear zenith down so
> >>Goldstar could buy them.
> >>Walter
> >>--- Tel-Tek Electronics <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>When they became LG Electronics.
> >>>
> >>>-Ed-
> >>>
> >>>Ed Gaidies
> >>>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>>Ontario-Canada
> >>>
> >>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>>Behalf Of Kevin
> >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:49 PM
> >>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>>
> >>>When did Korea (Goldstar) take over control of
> >>>Zenith?
> >>>
> >>>Kevin Wilks
> >>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> >>>Penticton BC Canada
> >>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>>Behalf Of
> >>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:10 PM
> >>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>>
> >>>Actually rca and ge tvs as we knew them have not
> >>>existed since about
> >>>1989,
> >>>the story goes like this, ge bought rca, which
> >>>owned nbc, banquet foods,
> >>>burlington mills, hertz  rent a car, hazeltine
> >>>research, sarnoff labs,
> >>>and
> >>>randomhouse publishing, and last but not least
> >>>their consumer
> >>>electronics
> >>>company, this was at the time the largest non oil
> >>>buyout ever,ge started
> >>>selling what it did not want(everything except
> >>>nbc), and then made an
> >>>offer
> >>>to thomson of france, to swap their combined
> >>>consumer electronics
> >>>company
> >>>for thomson's medical equipment division, seems
> >>>as though ge really
> >>>started
> >>>thomson, then the french nationalized it, now it
> >>>appears that the french
> >>>have decided to take advantage of the "so called
> >>>global economy" and buy
> >>>into the chinese producers so they can  sell fine
> >>>products along with
> >>>funai
> >>>and apex etc, pretty sad
> >>>
> >>>charles betzler
> >>>Best Electronics
> >>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:36 PM
> >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It's all over now,....but the cryin !
> >>>>We can't get by without RCA/GE sets,...and we
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>don't want China to be
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>involved to anymore degree then they allready
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>are in our Industry.
> >>>When
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Korea took over control of Zenith by
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Goldstar,...that's when Zenith
> >>>went
> >>>to
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>the dogs,...and now we will see that happen
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>with RCA (Radio
> >>>Corporation of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>America),..what a laugh.
> >>>>
> >>>>LLW
> >>>>
> >>>>LeRoy Westlund
> >>>>Westlund TV & Electronics              I've
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>heard it said:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>93 North Main                             "that
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>a fool never learns"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Centerfield, UT 84622-0087     It kinda reminds
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>me of me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ph./Fax  435-528-3822
> >>>>mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>><techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM
> >>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>But the Chinese have control, and it is
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>expected
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>that they will have full ownership in 6 months
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>or
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>so.
> >>>>>One of Thomson's tech support guys told me
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>that he
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>was going to work at Home Depot, and is
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>expecting
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>everyone to be laid off in that department.
> >>>>>He said that people were dissappearing around
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>there
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>every day.
> >>>>>Oh well, rca couldn't get much worse than the
> >>>>>ATC311.
> >>>>>Walter
> >>>>>--- "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Its 2/3 s   Owned by a Co. in China.  That
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>is
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>what was said at a RCA meeting
> >>>>>>a couple of weeks ago.
> >>>>>>Phillip R Hull     STET
> >>>>>>phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>FAX 517--569-3075
> >>>>>>Professional Technicians only
> >>>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics"
> >>>>>><teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:05 PM
> >>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Some conglomerate from France...me thinks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>-Ed-
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Ed Gaidies
> >>>>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>>>>>>Ontario-Canada
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>On
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>Behalf Of Keith Trumbla
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:52 PM
> >>>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Thomson TEC
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Who owns Thomson now ?
> >>>>>>>Keith Trumbla
> >>>>>>>BEM Electronics Inc.
> >>>>>>>Suite 212-530 Century St.
> >>>>>>>WPG. MB. R3H 0Y4 Canada
> >>>>>>>Ph.204.775.2875 Fax.204.774.9192
> >>>>>>>www.bemelectronics.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
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