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american electronics company originally founded in the united states . today it is a subsidiary of electronics corporation philips . magnavox was founded in 1917 by edwin pridham and peter l. jensen inventor of the moving coil loudspeaker two years earlier at their lab in napa california . 1 magnavox later produced the odyssey the world s first home video game console . magnavox is currently the brand name worn by a line of products made by funai under license from trademark owner philips . 2 history edit shortly after its launch magnavox became a major consumer electronics and defense company . it manufactured radios tvs and record players . in the 1960s magnavox manufactured the first plasma panels for the military and for computer applications . in 1972 magnavox introduced the odyssey which was the world s first home video game console . the introduction of it triggered the beginning of the home video game console market . in 1974 the magnavox company was acquired by philips and all philips consumer electronics in the us under the norelco name began rebranding them under the magnavox name ; philips acquired the similar sounding company philco in 1981 and philips was able to freely use the philips name alternating with the magnavox name for some electronics with the personal care business continuing to use the norelco name . in the late 1970s philips developed laser disc technology producing an optically read 12 inch disc that would contain recorded video material . in the early 1980s philips worked with sony to invent a standard for optical audio discs cds using the technology developed for the laser disc . teamed with sony philips used the magnavox brand name to introduce the cd da standard and equipment for consumer audio with the magnavox player sold in department stores while the sony cdp 101 went to high end audio stores . philips later acquired magnavox s consumer electronics division in 1974 to ensure nationwide distribution for their vlp later renamed laservision videodisc technology . during the late 1970s the company released the odyssey also known as the philips videopac . in the early 1980s philips merged sylvania philco and magnavox into one division headquartered in knoxville tennessee with a manufacturing plant in greeneville tennessee . the sylvania plant in batavia new york was closed and all operations moved to greeneville . philips also abandoned the sylvania trademark which is owned by osram . in the late 1980s magnavox sold the magnavox philips videowriter with some success . first released in 1985 the videowriter was a standalone fixed application word processing machine electronic typewriter . starting in the early 1990s some philips electronics were marketed under the brand name philips magnavox in an attempt to increase brand awareness of the philips name in the united states . while it did work to a degree it also caused confusion to the consumer as to the difference between philips magnavox products and philips products resulting in philips marketing the 2 brands separately again . 3 magnavox laserdisc player a typical phillips magnavox vcr . the defense group centered on fort wayne indiana remained independent under the magnavox electronic systems name first under philips and later in the carlyle group until it was acquired by hughes electronics in 1995 . 4 the three areas of business of the mesc operation during the late 80s and early 90s were c cubed command control and communication electronic warfare and sonobuoys . when hughes electronics sold its aerospace and defense operations to raytheon the former magnavox defense operations were transferred as well . citation needed shortly thereafter raytheon spun off the sonobuoy operation to form under sea systems inc ussi in columbia city indiana . in 1998 raytheon sold ussi to a british defense consortium named ultra electronics 5 the company is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of ulta manufacturing water and acoustic sensing and communications devices for military and civil defense . 6 among the defense products magnavox manufactured the an arc 164 uhf radio an ssq 53 series sonobuoys an alq 128 ew equipment an ssq 62 series sonobuoys and the advanced field artillery data system afatds . 7 the brand also has worked with funai with their televisions after the philips magnavox name was popular . in australia the rights to the magnavox brand are not owned by philips but by mistral ltd a hong kong trading company that uses it to sell audio video equipment of a different make . 8 in europe the brand magnavox was briefly used in the 1990s by philips on budget consumer electronics to replace traditional local brand names such as aristona erres hornyphon radiola siera . since no one recognised the brand name it was soon discontinued . references edit kornum rene . the loudspeaker is 100 years old ingeni ren 4 november 2015 magnavox . magnavox.com . retrieved 25 october 2014 . history of philips electronics north america corp. fundinguniverse . www.fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2016 09 28 . 1 dead link ultra electronics ussi pdf . whitleyedc.com . retrieved 2016 08 19 . nathan schueth . ultra electronics ussi innovation through experience . ultra ussi.com . retrieved 25 october 2014 . 2 dead link 3 dead link external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to magnavox . magnavox v t e philips divisions and subsidiaries current philips consumer lifestyle gaggia saeco philips healthcare philips avent respironics shenzhen goldway industrial philips lighting philips lumileds lighting company corporate technologies former and defunct liquavista magnavox nxp semiconductors philips analytical philips natuurkundig laboratorium polygram fontana records mercury records philips classics records philips records polygram filmed entertainment vertigo records joint ventures and shareholdings current nxp semiconductors 19.9 % philips neusoft medical systems 51 % tcl corporation 6.3 % tp vision 30 % 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