PHILIPS D 8514 POWERPLAY MACHINE
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Wild how they put the schematic on the top. Thanks for the pics. It is a good looking radio for sure! 
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vladi123456
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Awesome looking boombox!
I still don't understand why Philips refuses to sell in the USA - then and now. Shame, really
I still don't understand why Philips refuses to sell in the USA - then and now. Shame, really
vladi123456 said:Awesome looking boombox!
I still don't understand why Philips refuses to sell in the USA - then and now. Shame, really
Back "then" Philips did sell in the U.S....it was called "Magnavox".
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Yeah, but it's not the same though. Such a well known and respected company - they should've paid off the other Philips - and bought the rights to Philips name in the USA - I think they would've been better off. But now in the USA they are pretty much a Walmart brand, manufactured by Funai - unbelievable!
vladi123456 said:Yeah, but it's not the same though. Such a well known and respected company - they should've paid off the other Philips - and bought the rights to Philips name in the USA - I think they would've been better off. But now in the USA they are pretty much a Walmart brand, manufactured by Funai - unbelievable!
Well unfortunately, that's how it is. Grande Holdings H.K. (Limited) has bought the rights to a ton of names and have them manufactered by Funai or Orion to try and make money off of the legacy. Including...(damn)...Sansui.
Boom Shaka Laka
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As I understand it...
Originally, Philips was sued by Philco and ordered not to use its name in the U.S. Too similar; could cause confusion. That's why Philips invented Norelco (NORth American PhiLips COrporation). When Philips bought out Magnavox in 1974, it put that name on its consumer electronics. The Magnavox name was already well known and respected. When Philips was finally able to use its corporate name, it made the transition by using Philips-Magnavox for a while. Now, the Philips name is as ubiquitous in the U.S. as it is in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Magnavox has been revived here as a line of low-end consumer electronics, while Norelco survives as the name on the company's rotary shavers (though they're now Philips-Norelco) because Norelco shavers have such an iconic history in the U.S.
Unfortunately, when it was using the Magnavox name, Philips never brought its full line of portable electronics into this country. Only a select few. And, as far as I know, the D8514 wasn't one of them.
Originally, Philips was sued by Philco and ordered not to use its name in the U.S. Too similar; could cause confusion. That's why Philips invented Norelco (NORth American PhiLips COrporation). When Philips bought out Magnavox in 1974, it put that name on its consumer electronics. The Magnavox name was already well known and respected. When Philips was finally able to use its corporate name, it made the transition by using Philips-Magnavox for a while. Now, the Philips name is as ubiquitous in the U.S. as it is in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Magnavox has been revived here as a line of low-end consumer electronics, while Norelco survives as the name on the company's rotary shavers (though they're now Philips-Norelco) because Norelco shavers have such an iconic history in the U.S.
Unfortunately, when it was using the Magnavox name, Philips never brought its full line of portable electronics into this country. Only a select few. And, as far as I know, the D8514 wasn't one of them.
Boom Shaka Laka said:
But thankfully this was! My "Maggie" D-8643!!!
And yes, IT'S HUUUUUGGGGEEE!!!
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Boom Shaka Laka said:
I would have to disagree with that. At least as far as TVs - Philips only sells their bottom of the line TVs in the USA - none of the high end stuff have made it here. In Europe their top of the line TVs are on par with Sony and Samsung, but here's it's just some cheap Walmart stuff..... I used to have Philips credit card, and they would send me catalogs every year of what they had for sale in the USA - it was not pretty.....
ViennaSound
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Congrats.
It´s not only nice looking, it also sounds good (spatial stereo)
Have a few of them, really nice one.
Only worse is if you need to rebelt it.
Also i dont understand, why there is no crashbar for the breakable buttons
It´s not only nice looking, it also sounds good (spatial stereo)
Have a few of them, really nice one.
Only worse is if you need to rebelt it.
Also i dont understand, why there is no crashbar for the breakable buttons
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