Word: rca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision for the bewildered consumer is whether to purchase a Beta (from Sony's Betamax) or VMS (from Video Home System) format machine. Both use half-inch tape, but they are incompatible: Beta programs cannot be played on VHS machines and vice versa. Sony markets only Beta machines; RCA, GE and Panasonic, among others, market only VHS. Sears sells both. Many videophiles insist that Beta produces a slightly sharper image, but most people cannot see any difference in technical quality. Although Beta was introduced first, VHS has been far more successfully marketed: three out of every four machines...
DIED. Elmer W. Engstrom, 83, chief executive of the RCA Corp. from 1961 to 1968, who during his 39-year career with the company married the skills of an electrical engineer and manager to pioneer in the scientific development of modern electronic communications, including radio, radar, motion-picture sound and, especially, both black-and-white and color television; in Hightstown...
Working with five of the nation's largest manufacturers of telephone equipment, (AT&T, ITT, Motorola, RCA and GTE), NSA officials believe technology has been developed that will lead to what Deeley, in computer jargon, calls "a user-friendly secure phone" at a cost of less than $2,000 a unit. Scrambling units in current use weigh about 70 lbs. and take up the space of two filing-cabinet drawers. Electronics experts expect the new units to employ small, inexpensive microcircuits built directly into the telephone receiver. The scrambler converts signals produced by conversation into electronic "white noise" that...
...conglomerate building. Companies pursued mergers and acquisitions with abandon, creating business empires that often manufactured hundreds of diverse products, from bread to computers. Many companies have begun to doubt the theory that management expertise in one field means success in another. Such huge combines as ITT, Gulf & Western and RCA have been selling holdings to streamline operations. Last week, in one of the biggest divestitures to date, R.J. Reynolds Industries, the second-largest U.S. cigarette manufacturer, took a back-to-basics step by selling its energy businesses to Phillips Petroleum for $1.7 billion. The units sold include Aminoil...
...none of that really ever mattered. Hundreds of times, I would submerge myself in it, draped on the sofa, my legs dangling over the arm. Time to listen to Ernie on the RCA. Time to fantasize...