Since 1974, it has been a subsidiary of Dutch electronics corporation Philips. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and Peter L.
Six decades later, Magnavox produced the Odyssey, the world's first home video game console. Magnavox is the brand name worn by a line of products now made by Funai under license from trademark owner Philips. ==History== Jensen and Pridham founded the Commercial Wireless and Development Company in Napa, CA in 1911, moving to San Francisco, and then Oakland in 1916.
Six decades later, Magnavox produced the Odyssey, the world's first home video game console. Magnavox is the brand name worn by a line of products now made by Funai under license from trademark owner Philips. ==History== Jensen and Pridham founded the Commercial Wireless and Development Company in Napa, CA in 1911, moving to San Francisco, and then Oakland in 1916.
In July 1917, a merger with The Sonora Phonograph Distributor Company was finalized and the Magnavox Company was born.
Jensen moved on to found the Jensen Radio Manufacturing Company in Chicago, in the late 1920s.
Pridham stayed on with Magnavox, which moved manufacturing to Fort Wayne, Indiana by the 1930s.
In the 1960s, Magnavox manufactured the first plasma displays for the military and for computer applications. In 1972 Magnavox introduced the Odyssey, the first video game console.
In the 1960s, Magnavox manufactured the first plasma displays for the military and for computer applications. In 1972 Magnavox introduced the Odyssey, the first video game console.
Since 1974, it has been a subsidiary of Dutch electronics corporation Philips. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and Peter L.
Philips also abandoned the Sylvania trademark which is owned by Osram. In the late 1980s, Magnavox sold the Magnavox/Philips VideoWriter with some success.
The three areas of business of the MESC operation during the late 1980s and early 1990s were C-Cubed (Command, Control, and Communication), Electronic Warfare, and sonobuoys.
Released in 1985, the VideoWriter was a standalone fixed-application word processing machine (electronic typewriter). Philips Computers, primarily based in Canada, sold its products in North America under the Magnavox brand with minor rebadging in logo and color scheme of computers, monitors, peripherals and manuals.
Philips sold the Greenville plant in 1997. In the 1990s, several Magnavox branded CD-i players were marketed by Philips. Starting in the early 1990s, some Philips electronics were marketed under the brand name "Philips Magnavox", in an attempt to increase brand awareness of the Philips name in the United States.
The three areas of business of the MESC operation during the late 1980s and early 1990s were C-Cubed (Command, Control, and Communication), Electronic Warfare, and sonobuoys.
Philips exited the proprietary personal computer business in 1992.
While it did work to a degree, it also caused confusion to the consumer as to the difference between "Philips Magnavox" products and "Philips" products, resulting in Philips marketing the two brands separately again. The defense electronics group, centered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, remained independent under the Magnavox Electronic Systems name, first under Philips and later in the Carlyle Group, until it was acquired by Hughes Electronics in 1995.
Philips sold the Greenville plant in 1997. In the 1990s, several Magnavox branded CD-i players were marketed by Philips. Starting in the early 1990s, some Philips electronics were marketed under the brand name "Philips Magnavox", in an attempt to increase brand awareness of the Philips name in the United States.
In 1998, Raytheon sold USSI to a British defense consortium named Ultra Electronics.
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