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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by Svip on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:07PM (#21216139)
Back when CRT televisions were the only option, Bang & Olufsen really made televisions of that era look great. But with flatscreens, everyone can make a television look great, so they've lost their edge.

My point being, I don't think the comparison is fair. B&O used to be something. I don't think Dyson ever was.

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by agumonkey on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:40PM (#21216572)
Are you sure BO are in the same class as Dyson ? BO seemed to me a very niche luxury brand, Dyson is way more mainstream. Both have different values.
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by the-dude on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:44PM (#21216618)
I believe B & O just did the enclosures and used other manufacturers parts so you basically bought a Philips TV in another jacket.
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by agumonkey on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:11PM (#21218120)
I can't say for sure but I'm dubious. I saw some BO CRT internals and it was more on the over engineered [0] custom designs than stamping somebody else's work. But maybe it varied over the years.

[0] to the point of causing electronicians headaches because the technology used was too peculiar

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by goldcd on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:00AM (#21222647)
Yep. We took a B&O VHS machine in to be fixed. Guy who specialized in fixing them, had a pile of pre-shelled guts he just fitted into the pretty B&O case.
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:00PM (#21218014)
Yep. In the days of CRTs, Sony’s heavily patented Trinitron (aperture grille) CRT tech was the best by miles - no way B&O could engineer that themselves.
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by samwhiteUK on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:37PM (#21216523)
I don't know if you've used a B&O TV lately - crap
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by agumonkey on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:39PM (#21216556)
what was crap ? the whole thing, some part of the design ? or too peculiar ?
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by riffraff on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:19PM (#21216281)
Didn't they invent the bag-less vacuum cleaner?
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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by maxerickson on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:28PM (#21216401)
No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner#Cyclonic

They marketed a portable vacuum that doesn't use a bag or filter as the first dirt separation stage.

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