Cansonic... Yes, its true!

Panagiotis Raris · January 11th, 2011, 06:38 PM

well, its probably better than some of the 'coby' and 'denon' as well as rebranded 'rca' and 'GE' digital devices sold in the US, by companies like qvc/shop at home. those 4 companies ought to just liquify their assets at this point, and go home.

Tim Kolb · January 12th, 2011, 01:31 AM

I had a relative who ended up with a camcorder and I didn't look at it nearly close enough...it looked like "Panasonic" at a glance, but it was a "Panoramic".

Maybe they only ship that brand with a fish eye lens?

Zach Love · January 14th, 2011, 03:03 PM

What about Panaphonic, Magnetbox, and Sorny?

YouTube - LOS SIMPSON - (latino) "Yo se distinguir un panaphonics autentico...magnetbox y un sorny
(wish I could find a version in english online, I think I have it on my wall of DVDs at least)

Richard Alvarez · January 14th, 2011, 03:13 PM

How long before we see the brand PANNON on camcorders?

Sabyasachi Patra · January 15th, 2011, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Don Parrish

Hmmm ..... seems to me another asian country also did that years ago, first thing I remember were cars, then electronics .

The Japanese companies after the World war had done lot of "reverse engineering". Today the chinese companies are doing the same, albeit more blatantly like this Canasonic. In Beijing, I saw cars which looked like Ford and GM, but on closer inspection came to know that they were ripoffs manufactured by a large local company whose acronym BYD stands for Build Your Dream.

Akio Morita in his autobiography Made in Japan has clearly mentioned why the name Sony was chosen. They wanted a neutral word as they were apprehensive about a japanese sounding word. So they chose Sony from the latin word Sonus. The words Made in Japan were written in a very small font and the brand name Sony was written prominently. Today Sony is a giant. It may have produced some ripoffs of popular products in its formative stage, however, one can realise that they had deep thought and strategy starting from naming of their company. So just by creating fakes or reverse engineered products alone a company can't become great.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

January 12th, 2011, 01:31 AM	#17
Tim Kolb Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 547	I had a relative who ended up with a camcorder and I didn't look at it nearly close enough...it looked like "Panasonic" at a glance, but it was a "Panoramic". Maybe they only ship that brand with a fish eye lens? __________________ TimK Kolb Productions

January 14th, 2011, 03:03 PM	#18
Zach Love Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 944	What about Panaphonic, Magnetbox, and Sorny? YouTube - LOS SIMPSON - (latino) "Yo se distinguir un panaphonics autentico...magnetbox y un sorny (wish I could find a version in english online, I think I have it on my wall of DVDs at least) __________________ Nothing says you're a serious video maker like S-VHS

January 11th, 2011, 06:38 PM	#16
Panagiotis Raris Major Player Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Reading, PA USA and Athens, Greece Posts: 269	well, its probably better than some of the 'coby' and 'denon' as well as rebranded 'rca' and 'GE' digital devices sold in the US, by companies like qvc/shop at home. those 4 companies ought to just liquify their assets at this point, and go home.

January 14th, 2011, 03:13 PM	#19
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	How long before we see the brand PANNON on camcorders?