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Hmm, like the Sylvania and Emerson (to a point, Magnavox and Philips combos) brand on Funai's disposable video equipment. Same with the Sansui brand - which did have a stint in the '80s in selling "component"-style televisions, but quickly had Orion (sells Broksonic, World, Orion, Toshiba) take over that product line and rebranding them. Both manufacturers have nearly indistinguishable designs within their product line.
From what I know, Philips and Thomson have a joint operation factory in China, a recent Magnavox set sold at Wally-world had a Hitachi-[something] tube which does not have a bad picture, and is nearly flat; but the build quality was left to be desired - and wouldn't survive in an environment with mischievous children.
When Thomson made sets for the States in three brands many years back: GE, RCA, and ProScan; the sets were so similar, only the brand mark on the corner of the set could distinguish the difference. Of course, the remote control buttons were slightly different; RCA had the colorful scheme, GE had the gray scheme, and ProScan was all green.
And speaking of corporations, there are talks of Daimler selling Chrysler to GM...
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