On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:51:36 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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On 1/15/2017 11:15 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article Jt2dncYN5Pz20uHFnZ2dnUU7-
, lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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On 1/15/2017 10:02 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:00:34 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 1/15/2017 4:48 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:40:43 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article 4b1f4437-036f-4dac-91ca-3970e01de917
@googlegroups.com,
says...

On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 2:45:41 PM UTC-6, Leon wrote:

Ignorance is bliss I guess, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Acura are Asian
products and pretty much at the top of the hill.

Guessing everyone but you knew what I meant when I wrote Asian. Japan is excluded. China and similar countries are Asian. Kind of like saying European. Some think Germany and Switzerland. But Turkey and Slovakia and Hungary and Poland are European too. Same quality?

I have many Chinese products. Or Asian. The computer I am typing on is probably Chinese. TV too. They seem to be OK quality. But not what I consider the best of the best quality.

Just about all Intel or AMD based computers are
you know, including HP, Apple, and formerly IBM.

The machine I'm using now most people would
consider to be fairly high end--all Chinese
except the CPU and chipset which were made in a
US fab and then packaged somewhere offshore.

High end TV sets these days are typically
Japanese or Korean although they may be screwed
together in China.

I was going to ask if any are Japanese anymore but I guess Sony is
still around. The other name brands are all Korean.



Panasonic...Power tool and probably some TV's, at least in the last few
years.

No consumer televisions. Though they invented the IPS LCD display
(and much of the rest of he technology), they bet big on plasma. And
lost. Panasonic is in transistion to all B-to-B, though the kitchen
stuff seems to be surviving.


http://shop.panasonic.com/tvs

Try to buy a TV off that site and see what
happens. The only things listed are HDMI cables
and replacement remotes.


How about here.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Panasonic...&wl13=&veh=sem

https://www.google.com/shopping/prod...QzkaAlkp8P8HAQ

But maybe not soon,

If you've been looking to buy a Panasonic TV but have had a hard time
finding one, here's why: The company, which has struggled in the U.S.
television business since it exited the plasma TV business back in 2014,
has quietly stopped selling sets here as it ponders its future in the
industry.

Panasonic sets are still on sale at a few retailers, including Walmart,
but most models are listed as unavailable on the Panasonic website.
However, if you do find one, you should have no qualms about buying it.
Panasonic TVs have typically done well in Consumer Reports' TV tests,
and the company says it will continue to provide service and parts for
the sets it sells and honor any warranties.

A Panasonic spokesperson said the company could return to the U.S.
market in the near future, and it continues to sell TVs in other parts
of the world, including Canada, Europe, and Asia.

"Spokespersons" never talk in absolutes.

The company was notably quiet about new TVs during the CES trade show
back in January. At that time, the company indicated it would have both
a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player and a 4K OLED TV this year, but so far
neither has made it to the U.S. market.

Or anywhere else. They are out of the consumer TV market. Losing
nine or ten zeros (a year) will make a company think about the markets
they're going to service and the one's they're not.