[TechAssist] Re: UPdate ! CRT alive and well.........BUT
- From: "Gregory Smith" <gaserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:45:22 -0600
I guess I was wrong when I stated its a subsidiary, I should of said it was
brand name of LGE just like Zenith is. The Goldstar name is no longer
marketed in North America or Europe, but is still in other parts of the
world. I still am a Zenith & LGE dealer & we still have a very limited # of
analog sets. They finally discontinued consoles as of 12/04. Here is a
link that somewhat enlightens us.
http://www.lge.com/about/corporate/html/company_history.jsp
Gregory B. Smith
G & A Electronic Services
2521 N. Laurent
Victoria, TX 77901
Ph. 361-575-1998
gaserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Keith at BEM" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] UPdate ! CRT alive and well.........BUT
> Sorry. Goldstar is not a subsidiary of LG . Goldstar IS LG . When LG
> decided to make a big push in North America, they changed the name they
> market under from Goldstar to LG.
> LG just stands for Lucky Goldstar, the translation doesn't sound too great
> in english so they changed it LG . Up here in Canada, the LG take-over
> happened a lot sooner than in the USA. As of 2 years ago, it was hard to
> find a Zenith (USA / Mexico model) branded set. As of a year ago, the only
> thing in Canada with the Zenith name on it was DVD, VCR and Hospital TV's.
> As a dealer, I couldn't even supply my customers with a very common model
> C27A25TF (27" Bubble tube) set. They had been discontinued and replaced by
> LG Flatrons. A much better set, but also more money.
> It was about 1999 when the LG name started to be really flogged in the
> Canadian market. Computer monitors and CD-ROM drives were the first to get
> the new initials with home entertainment following getting a big push
about
> a 18 months later. The Zenith name hasn't been advertised on Canadian
> television since the 80's. Zenith was well on it's way into the crapper.
> We had sold the product since 1966 and were the oldest Zenith dealer in
the
> province at the time. I shut my shop down in October (last fall)
> There is one independent Zenith dealer left and the only thing keeping him
> going is that he owns his own building and does all the electric garage
door
> opener factory service for our entire city of 600,000 people.
> All in all, I think LG has been good for Zenith, I know for a fact that
> they have injected a almost a billion dollars to date to keep Zenith alive
> in the USA.
> The Zenith name is supposed to disappear in the USA as it has in Canada.
> When ? I don't know for sure. But I do know without LG, Zenith would not
> have been able to be the industry leader that they are when it comes to
> development of the HDTV standard for North America. They simply wouldn't
> have had the resources.
> Conversely, there are those that say LG bought Zenith as a way to muscle
> itself into the N.A markets. This is probably true. All these Asian
> companies buying up American Heritage Companies are only doing so because
> they are being offered the opportunity to do so.
> Keith Trumbla
> Winnipeg, MB
> Canada
> Phone. 204-832-6237
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Smith" <gaserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:55 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CRT alive and well.........BUT
>
>
> > Goldstar is a subsidiary of LG just like Zenith is. Before Zenith went
> > bankrupt, LG owned 58% of them. So the bankrupcy cost them a ton of
money
> > because the 58% of Zenith stock they owned became worthless. When LG
> > eventually forked over the money for all the patents & other assets of
> > Zenith, they became the sole owners. It was another sad day in the USA
> when
> > the last of the American owned TV manufacturers became foreign owned.
Greg
> > Gregory B. Smith
> > G & A Electronic Services
> > 2521 N. Laurent
> > Victoria, TX 77901
> > Ph. 361-575-1998
> > gaserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:06 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CRT alive and well.........BUT
> >
> >
> > > I thought Goldstar bought Zenith long before 1999?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gary McCartney
> > >
> > > McCartney Electronics
> > > Guelph Ontario Canada
> > > Est. 1984
> > > email: gary (at) number63.ca
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kevin wrote:
> > > > I thought that Zenith manufactured those CRTS (1992-1998) that blow
up
> > > > P/S's. Or do the new (since 1999) LG produced tubes do the same
> thing?
> > > >
> > > > Kevin Wilks
> > > > Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> > > > Penticton BC Canada
> > > > kevintv@xxxxxxx
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > This brought to you by the makers of the CRTS that blow up power
> > > > supplies
> > > > .....LG .... just thought that was humorus .......we pin our crt
hopes
> > > > on LG
> > > > ....
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