Comments by "AQuietNight" (@AQuietNight) on "Race to the finish; RCA's final gamble (CED Part 5)" video.

  1. The CED system didn't sink RCA but the company had several years of lackluster earnings with some parts of the company becoming more valuable than the company as a whole. When Thornton Bradshaw was brought in to replace Griffith, many employees realized they weren't going to be retiring from RCA (or GE). Bradshaw prepared the body for burial. GE was lusting after the National Broadcasting Company and RCA's defense business so a deal was struck. GE pretty much sold off everything but the 2 mentioned divisions. As GE itself was getting out of consumer electronics, they sold off that portion of the business (along with their own consumer electronics business) to Thompson Electronics . RCA Victor Records went to BMG. Semiconductors went to Fairchild. One may forget but in the 1970's and 1980's the Japanese were a buzz saw in consumer electronics with their lower manufacturing costs. American companies could not compete and many left the field altogether. Now the Japanese companies are dealing with the buzz saw called China, having a great deal of difficulty competing with China's lower costs.
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