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  2. Magnavox - Wikipedia

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    Website. magnavox .com. Magnavox ( Latin for "great voice", stylized as MAGNAVOX or sometimes Magnavox in Australia) was an American electronics company. It was purchased by North American Philips in 1974, [1] which was absorbed into Dutch electronics company Philips in 1991. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and ...

  3. Magnavox Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    The Magnavox Odyssey is the first commercial home video game console. The hardware was designed by a small team led by Ralph H. Baer at Sanders Associates, while Magnavox completed development and released it in the United States in September 1972 and overseas the following year. The Odyssey consists of a white, black, and brown box that ...

  4. VideoWriter - Wikipedia

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    3-1/2" floppy disk drive. Display. 10" CRT amber screen. Graphics. NCR 7250 video controller. The Philips/Magnavox VideoWriter (styled VideoWRITER) is a standalone, fixed-application, [1] electronic typewriter / dedicated word processor produced by Philips Home Interactive Systems (PHIS), a division of the Dutch electronics company Philips.

  5. Zenith Flash-matic - Wikipedia

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    The Zenith Flash-Matic was the first wireless remote control, invented by Eugene Polley in 1955. It had only one button that was used to power on and off, channel up, channel down, and mute. The Flash-matic's phototechnology was a significant innovation in television and allowed for wireless signal transfer previously exclusive to radio.

  6. iFixit tears apart a Magnavox Odyssey 100, doesn't find a ...

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    The fine people at iFixit have taken the extremely awesome step of tearing down some very retro gear this week, and up first, they've got the Magnavox Odyssey 100 which dates from 1975. The gaming ...

  7. Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Wikipedia

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    The Magnavox Odyssey 2 (stylized as Magnavox Odyssey² ), also known as Philips Odyssey 2, is a second generation home video game console that was released in 1978. It was sold in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in Brazil and Peru as the Philips Odyssey and in Japan as Odyssey2 (オデッセイ2 odessei2 ). The Odyssey 2 was one of the ...

  8. HD 101: Overscan and why all TVs do it - Engadget

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    This is where the bad news comes in, but the short answer is because it used to be there. The source of the problem is that broadcasters expect the TV to crop the image so they don't mind putting ...

  9. List of television manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Magnavox: 1948 present Brand is a subsidiary of Philips since 1976 Marantz: 1992 present Marconiphone - - Matsui - - Now part of Dixons Retail: Memorex: 1961 present Micromax: 2009 present Metz - present Mitsubishi - 2012 Mivar: 1945 - Motorola: 1947 1974 Muntz (Howard Radio) 1948 1973 Murphy Radio - - NEC: 1950s - Nokia - - Nordmende - 1990s ...