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[–] kchr@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for leading me down this rabbit hole of looking up Wega, which was a German manufacturer of hifi equipment bought by Sony. They apparently made tapedecks for the Sony Elcaset format, which became an even deeper rabbit hole... TIL!

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Oooh, so that's what happened to aiwa."

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 1 points 23 hours ago

Is THAT what happened to Aiwa? I had never made the connection.

I didn't even know Wega was in reference to a company they bought. I always thought it referred to their flatscreen trinitons and nothing else.

That thing struggled to keep geometry, but come on, it was a humongous widescreen CRT with stereo speakers that could replicate the Tunguska crater. You gotta love it.