The big two brands, RCA and Zenith, divided up a whopping 33 percent of the U.S. color market, while Philips, selling only the Magnavox, Sylvania and Philco brands, followed with about 11. In VCR ...

Once upon a time, we would run home from the bus stop to watch Gargoyles and Brady Bunch reruns on the family TV, a late-1970s console Magnavox number that sat on the floor and was about 50% more c… ...

The better models from Magnavox, Zenith, and others combined fine furniture, good sound, and even occasionally a large screen — for its time — television. Earlier models were, of course, tubes ...