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== Importance ==
== Importance ==
The Quality of the design was highly appreciated, so the sound-system ''Concept 51k'', which was designed by Esslinger and for that a special stand was available,<ref>https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/wega_concept_51k_51_k.html, (German) retrieved 4 September 2021.</ref> is exhibited in the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2014.108/, retrieved am 4 September 2021.</ref>
The Quality of the design was highly appreciated, so the sound-system ''Concept 51k'', which was designed by Esslinger and for that a special stand was available,<ref>https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/wega_concept_51k_51_k.html, (German) retrieved 4 September 2021.</ref> is exhibited in the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2014.108/, retrieved am 4 September 2021.</ref>


Already in 1980 Sony used half of the production in Stuttgart for its Trinitron-TVs.<ref name="SPON-000014317091">{{cite web|title=Eines Tages überflüssig|periodical=Der Spiegel (online)|publisher=|url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/eines-tages-ueberfluessig-a-1c7d6702-0002-0001-0000-000014317091|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=1980-07-27|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref name="audiokar-091822">{{cite web|title=WEGA & SONY: what's the story?|periodical=Audiokarma.org, Audiokarma Home Audio Stereo Discussion Forums|publisher=|url=https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/wega-sony-whats-the-story.209182/page-2|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Unda Maris|date=2009-03-10|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
Already in 1980 Sony used half of the production in Stuttgart for its Trinitron-TVs.<ref name="SPON-000014317091">{{cite web|title=Eines Tages überflüssig|periodical=Der Spiegel (online)|publisher=|url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/eines-tages-ueberfluessig-a-1c7d6702-0002-0001-0000-000014317091|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=1980-07-27|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref name="audiokar-091822">{{cite web|title=WEGA & SONY: what's the story?|periodical=Audiokarma.org, Audiokarma Home Audio Stereo Discussion Forums|publisher=|url=https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/wega-sony-whats-the-story.209182/page-2|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Unda Maris|date=2009-03-10|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

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For radio station licensed to Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, see WEGA (AM). For the Vienna SWAT team called WEGA, see Wiener Einsatzgruppe Alarmabteilung. For the stellarator previously known as WEGA, see Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications.
WEGA Studio 3214 HiFi with record player Dual 1218 and loudspeakers Telefunken L 250, 1972
WEGA
Native name
Wuerttembergische Radio-Gesellschaft mbh
IndustryElectronics
FoundedStuttgart, Germany (1923 (1923))
Defunct2005 (2005)
FateRebranded as BRAVIA
SuccessorSony BRAVIA
Area served
International
ProductsRadio and LED television receivers
ParentSony (1975–2005)
Wegavision 2000, TV-protoype 1962, Pinakothek der Moderne
Wega tapedeck for Sony Elcaset, 1976–1980[1]

WEGA is a German audio and video manufacturer, manufacturing some of Germany's earliest radio receivers.[2]

Sony WEGA logo, 2004

History

WEGA, pronounced "Vega", was founded as Wuerttembergische Radio-Gesellschaft mbh in Stuttgart, Germany in the year 1923. In 1975, it was acquired by Sony Corporation.[2] They were then known throughout Europe for stylish and high-quality stereo equipment, designed by Hartmut Esslinger, amongst others. Sony continued to use the WEGA brand until 2005, when liquid-crystal displays superseded the company's Trinitron aperture grille-based CRT models.[3]

Starting in 1998, Sony released a television line called FD Trinitron/WEGA, a flat-screen television with side-mounted speakers and a silver-coloured cabinet.

Sony says that the FD Trinitron WEGA was named after a star ("Vega" in English) in the Lyra constellation, and made no reference to the original WEGA firm.[4]

Sony has also used WEGA as a name for flat-screen televisions with newer technologies than CRT. Their flat-panel LCD televisions were branded LCD WEGA until summer 2005[5][6][7] when they were rebranded BRAVIA. There are early promotional photos of the first BRAVIA televisions still bearing the WEGA label.[citation needed] Introduced in 2002, Sony's plasma display televisions were also branded as Plasma WEGA until being superseded by the BRAVIA LCD line. Sony's rear-projection televisions, either Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD) or LCD-based, were branded as Grand WEGA until Sony discontinued production of rear-projection receivers.[citation needed]

Importance

The Quality of the design was highly appreciated, so the sound-system Concept 51k, which was designed by Esslinger and for that a special stand was available,[8] is exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[9]

Already in 1980 Sony used half of the production in Stuttgart for its Trinitron-TVs.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-EL-7.html thevintageknob.org, retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b radiomuseum.org, WEGA (German), retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Sony TV-Serie: Aus "WEGA" wird "BRAVIA"". areadvd.de. 2005-10-13.
  4. ^ Forums (2001-07-24). "Is it sony Vega or Wega?". Home Theater Forum.
  5. ^ "Sony KLV-S19A10 WEGA - 19" LCD TV Specs - CNET". CNET. 2003-01-03.
  6. ^ https://www.bedienungsanleitu.ng/sony/wega-ke-v42a10e/anleitung?p=9 Manual Sony Wega KE-V42A10E, 2005, retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ^ "WEGA 26" LCD TV – Product overview – What Hi-Fi?". whathifi.
  8. ^ https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/wega_concept_51k_51_k.html, (German) retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2014.108/, retrieved am 4 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Eines Tages überflüssig". Der Spiegel (online). 1980-07-27.
  11. ^ Unda Maris (2009-03-10). "WEGA & SONY: what's the story?". Audiokarma.org, Audiokarma Home Audio Stereo Discussion Forums.


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