Nobody makes TVs here anymore. It’s not worth arguing about, nor utilizing rhetorical devices to keep arguing about, sheesh.
More importantly there isn’t a single LCD manufacturer in the US either. That’s where the things are going anyway, the “tube” being obsolete.
LCD production is too “polluting”, which is apparently one of our biggest exports - any industry which isn’t clean enough for the greenies.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Syntax-Brillian has made a splash with its Olevia brand of flat-panel TV sets, marketing them as high-quality, low-cost alternatives to the offerings of larger competitors such as Samsung and Panasonic.Any West Coast FReepers know more about this plant? Hedge? [chuckle]
The company is hoping to gain additional advantage over rivals by opening earlier this week what is believed to be the first high-definition flat-panel TV assembly facility in the United States.
Seattle Times, October 28, 2006. (excerpt)