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  • zoob
    zoob Posts: 582 Forumite
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    neilmcl said:
    zoob said:
    Must be either a Panasonic or Sony TV, don't think there's any other Japanese brand in the UK now 
    Sharp, Toshiba?
    Both Sharp and Toshiba are licensed brand names used and owned by Hisense thats a Chinese company 
    Neither Sharp, Toshiba companies sell tvs in most if not all the world markets and just licence the use off the brand names 

  • Al_Ross
    Al_Ross Posts: 997 Forumite
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    zoob said:
    neilmcl said:
    zoob said:
    Must be either a Panasonic or Sony TV, don't think there's any other Japanese brand in the UK now 
    Sharp, Toshiba?
    Both Sharp and Toshiba are licensed brand names used and owned by Hisense thats a Chinese company 
    Neither Sharp, Toshiba companies sell tvs in most if not all the world markets and just licence the use off the brand names 


    I think you mean they are made by a company called Vestel who's factory is based in Turkey.
  • mobileron
    mobileron Posts: 1,218 Forumite
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    Sharp sold out a couple of years ago to the people that make the iphone,not sure what presence they have in the UK.
    Tv made by Vestel in Tuekey,dont think Hisense involved any more.
  • neilmcl
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    zoob said:
    neilmcl said:
    zoob said:
    Must be either a Panasonic or Sony TV, don't think there's any other Japanese brand in the UK now 
    Sharp, Toshiba?
    Both Sharp and Toshiba are licensed brand names used and owned by Hisense thats a Chinese company 
    Neither Sharp, Toshiba companies sell tvs in most if not all the world markets and just licence the use off the brand names 

    Sharp is still a Japanese company, it's not owned by Hisense but they were/are a licensee in some markets.
  • neilmcl said:
    zoob said:
    neilmcl said:
    zoob said:
    Must be either a Panasonic or Sony TV, don't think there's any other Japanese brand in the UK now 
    Sharp, Toshiba?
    Both Sharp and Toshiba are licensed brand names used and owned by Hisense thats a Chinese company 
    Neither Sharp, Toshiba companies sell tvs in most if not all the world markets and just licence the use off the brand names 

    Sharp is still a Japanese company, it's not owned by Hisense but they were/are a licensee in some markets.
    Indeed, the OP said it was a well known Japanese brand, nothing about who manufactured it (and most people wouldn't know most Japanese brands are only brands now)
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 24,118 Forumite
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    edited 26 August 2021 at 12:51PM
    Indeed, the OP said it was a well known Japanese brand, nothing about who manufactured it (and most people wouldn't know most Japanese brands are only brands now)
    Most people would just assume that the likes of Panasonic, sharp, sony etc are Japanese. 

    OP has been back today @09:45, but appears to have declined to answer the question on which make..
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