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Bose. Bang & Olufsen.

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.

Didn't they invent the bag-less vacuum cleaner?

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.

I don't know if you've used a B&O TV lately - crap

what was crap ? the whole thing, some part of the design ? or too peculiar ?

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.

I believe B & O just did the enclosures and used other manufacturers parts so you basically bought a Philips TV in another jacket.

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.

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

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.

B&O linear tracking turntables rocked. You could dance on those things and the record would keep playing as if nothing was going on.

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