"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Going back to topic, if you go to the Circuit City web site and search on
"nexxtech" (note--that's two "x"es) you'll find a wide array of Chinese
made ... Seems to actually be
a real company too.

I'll ask a friend later, but I think nic-tac means "cheap crap" in Mandarin
Chinese. It might be just generic labelling on the shipping container.