Nowaday names don't mean much

[oldtvman]

Go buy any piece of electronics today, and look at the name on the label RCA(Thompson consumer) Zenith(LG industries) and so on and so on.

Back in the day the name on the first color set you bought usually meant the difference between getting a decent piece of gear, or getting something of less quality. Re the Motorola color sets. I guess the point is when your restoring some of these beauties, keep in the some of the brand back then even working at optimum performance, couldn't hold a candle to the big boys.