LG chairman Koo Bon-moo dies, aged 73 LG chairman Koo Bon-moo has died, aged 73. Koo has been seriously ill for some time but retained his role as chairman out of respect for his massive contribution to the business and the fact he was the third of his family to helm the conglomerate. He became chairman in 1995 and has quintupled LG’s revenues to ~US$150bn, over $ …
Agreed, Goldstar were seen as very budget indeed. I remember once having a Goldstar CD drive that wasn't exactly the best piece of kit I've ever used.
Of course, you can give credit to Koo Bon-moo for upping the quality of LG's products, and rebranding them as well to distance from the reputation of their earlier stuff. Result is that LG now make some pretty respectable kit overall.
Technics and... Aiwa
My (well, more accurately, my parents) first 'HiFi' was an Aiwa. Worked fine and had two casette decks (making it easy to copy tapes!).
My current (almost totally unused) hifi is a Technics. I think we bought it in ~1994.. (also has two cassette decks and a turntable). It still sits in our lounge but is mostly there as a small, low-lying place to put stuff on top of.
It was the first real warning shot across the bows of PRIVACY.
The likes of Vizio-TV used this example as a pro How-To guide:
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http://doctorbeet.blogspot.com.co/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html
https://adexchanger.com/digital-tv/vizios-data-business-back-updated-privacy-policy-expanded-partnership-ispot-tv/
What is it about "smart" TVs anyway? The software is invariably third rate and the GUI even worse. Why can we just buy a decent quality large screen with say 3 HDMI inputs, a decent audio output, volume control and an on/off switch. Almost everyone's TV has some mix of FOX, Netflix, Stan, Apple, Google or BlueRay devices attached which the punter uses regularly, and many of them offer live TV as well.
Silly me! There would be no reason to update the whole TV when the newest shiny comes out, rather than just replacing the input device.
My LG uses WebOS Linux and works very well. I rarely use it because I'm already configured on Roku. LG bought Zenith Electronics (Mexican assembly plants included) in 1999. That's where my TV is from.
@Dave Rickmers
I too have an LG set, the picture is excellent, but we might have to agree to disagree about how good WebOS is - The system is slow; and the LG App store in Oz is very limited. I too use a third party content/app provider box.
Still have a working radio cassette at 35 years old. Even has chrome and Dolby B.
Goldstar were a cheap brand but not too shoddy.
I rated them as one of the better cheap and cheerful brands.
No real competition at the time to the major Japanese brands but better than the pretend far east brands prevelant at the time.
Early 90's. Living and working in Phoenix as a traveling salesman for an aluminum company. Covering from Mexico to Western Canada. My employer offered to provide a mobile phone. I said ok. It was almost as big as a shoe box and had an antenna with cable that mounted on the dashboard. Worked fine for several years.
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